Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was re-elected Tuesday (Nov. 4) largely by winning big in cities like New Haven, Bridgeport, and Hartford.
The lower Naugatuck Valley was another story.
In the towns of Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton, Malloy’s challenger, Greenwich millionaire Thomas Foley, bagged 18,473 votes to Malloy’s 12,960, besting the incumbent governor by more than 5,000 ballots.
Joe Visconti, who ran a third-party candidacy for months before endorsing Foley on the eve of the election, took 382 votes Valley-wide.
Foley took Seymour, Shelton, and Oxford by large margins. Foley lost to Malloy in Ansonia and Derby.
(Note — the Valley Indy covers Ansonia, Derby, Seymour and Shelton)
Turnout-wise, Derby voters were the pride of the Valley once again, with 61.6 percent of registered voters casting ballots Tuesday.
Town-by-town results are below, taken from election returns on the Secretary of the State’s website, except for Seymour, where Registrars emailed the info directly to the Valley Indy.
Ansonia
Malloy-Wyman: 2,454
Foley-Somers: 2,291
Visconti-Harris: 62
Turnout: 4,858 of 9,454, or 51.4 percent.
Derby
Malloy-Wyman: 1,641
Foley-Somers: 1,600
Visconti-Harris: 56
Turnout: 3,327 of 5,398, or 61.6 percent.
Oxford
Malloy-Wyman: 1,561
Foley-Somers: 3,278
Visconti-Harris: 42
Turnout: 4,911 of 8,751, or 56.1 percent.
Seymour
Malloy-Wyman: 2,178
Foley-Somers: 3,103
Visconti-Harris: 83
There are roughly 9,431 registered voters in Seymour.
Shelton
Malloy-Wyman: 5,126
Foley-Somers: 8,201
Visconti-Harris: 139
Pelto-Murphy: 4
Turnout: 13,593 of 23,231, or 58.5 percent.
