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[Video] Cheshire's Esty Looks to November Election
After winning her first primary, Elizabeth Esty looks to the general election
An upset victory for Cheshire's Elizabeth Esty against Speaker of the House Chris Donovan in the Democratic fifth district primary, gives the one-term state representative momentum to take on Republican primary winner State Sen. Andrew Roraback in November.
Here's a statement released at midnight Tuesday by her campaign:
“This is our chance to have a voice in Washington. This is our chance to join together as Democrats, to reach out to independents and Republicans and finally bring some Connecticut commonsense leadership and accountability to Congress.”
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Esty was endorsed by the New York Times, Hartford Courant, Danbury News Times, and Torrington Register-Citizen in the last weeks before the primary.
Here are the voting results from local Cheshire polls:
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Democratic 5th District primary:
Elizabeth Esty: 1,187
Chris Donovan: 265
Dan Roberti: 192
Republican 5th District primary:
Andrew Roraback:304
Justin Bernier: 240
Lisa Wilson-Foley: 308
Mark Greenberg: 628
Democratic U.S,. Senate primary:
Chris Murphy: 1336
Susan Bysiewicz: 309
Republican U.S. Senate primary:
Linda McMahon: 1,213
Christopher Shays: 280
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