August 08, 2006

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CT SEN IX: Early Returns

Bloggers are will be posting throughout the day. The best are ConnecticutBlog, ConnecticutBob, CTBlue, LamontBlog, MyLeftNutmeg, firedoglake, and MyDD.

Here are the best reports so far:

• CTBob from Hamden, CT: "The numbers are looking promising. We asked a total of 57 voters who they voted for, with 23 not responding (snoots). Results were as follows: Lamont 22, Lieberman 13"
• cos at MyDD: "I spent 8am-noon this morning at a polling place in eastern Connecticut, where turnout was steady through the morning. It felt more like general election level turnout than a primary. One man declined my card on the grounds that he's a Republican, but on the way back, he remarked to me, "I was a Democrat for 25 years, and I think Joe's got a problem today."
• TheC at DailyKos: "I am in West Hartford, and let me tell you folks - West Hartford is for Ned! I was working at one polling location and it was easily 50+ votes for Ned and maybe 3 for Joe during the time I was there. And people were pumped up. They would give me thumbs up or come talk to me for a while. People are motivated.
• BranfordBoy at My Left Nutmeg: "Just back from four-plus hours of poll watching duty in Branford's fourth district and I am much more hopeful than I was after grumping through the third and (thank God!) final Blogger central gathering last night. Overall, turnout seemed light, which conventional wisdom says is good for Lamont. I was surprised that they have alloted less space and fewer voting booths than I'm used to here."
• CTBob: "Maura just called in and reports that in the home precinct of Dan Malloy, one of the gubernatorial candidates, in Stamford, turnout at 1:45p is 31%, and at the Rogers School in Stamford, where turnout is traditionally very low, it was at 18% and poll workers were delighted. Here in my home district in Meriden, 111 of 419 had voted as of 1:15pm, or 26%, which was amazing – they had already run out of “I voted today” stickers."

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 8, 2006 02:54 PM