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Old Lyme, Lyme Mirror State — But Not Country — on Choosing Clinton as President; Lyme Picks Needleman Over Linares, But Incumbent Still Wins

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Election workers hard at work in the Old Lyme Polling Station at Cross lane Firehouse. Photo by L. Peterson.

Election workers hard at work in the Old Lyme Polling Station at Cross lane Firehouse. Photo by L. Peterson.

At the time of writing, it appears that, like the majority in the state — but unlike the majority in the rest of the country — Lyme and Old Lyme both chose Hillary Clinton to be President.

Both town experienced exceptionally high voter turnouts, but although Lyme was able to finalize its results in the normal time frame, it was well past 10:15 p.m. before Old Lyme Moderator Larry Peterson was able to announce the results there.  This was due primarily to the Election Day Registrations (EDRs) not being received until almost 9 p.m. from the town hall and then still needing to be processed, which took more than another hour.

In keeping with the final results, both Lyme and Old Lyme voters overwhelmingly chose Democrat Richard Blumenthal to continue as their US Senator, Democrat Joe Courtney to be their US Congressional Representative (2nd), and the uncontested Republican Devin Carney to be their State Representative (23rd).

In Old Lyme, in keeping with the final result, voters returned Republican Paul Formica as their State Senator (20th) for a second term while up in Lyme, unlike the final result, which saw Linares cruise to a comfortable victory in the 12-town district, voters chose Democratic challenger Norm Needleman over incumbent Art Linares (R) to be their State Senator (33rd)

These are the unofficial Old Lyme results in full with the winner shown in red:

President:
Hillary Clinton (D): 2473
Donald Trump (GOP): 1990
Gary Johnson (Lib.): 142
Jill Stein (Green): 63

US Senate:
Richard Blumenthal (D): 2667 (WF): 220 (Unknown): 34  TOTAL: 2921
Dan Carter (GOP): 1661
Richard Lion (Lib.): 27
Jeffrey Russell (Green): 29

US House District 2:
Joe Courtney (D): 2758  (WF): 245  (Unknown): 21  TOTAL: 3024
Daria Novak (GOP): 1545
Daniel Reale (Lib.): 39
Jonathan Pelto (Green): 49

State Assembly 23rd District:

Devin R. Carney (GOP): 3003  (Indep): 441  Unknown: 9  TOTAL: 3453

Old Lyme Registrar of Voters:
(Both are elected)
Marilyn Clarke: 2397
Catherine Quine Carter: 2038

Additional candidates on the Old Lyme ballot are:

State Senate 20th District:

Paul Formica (GOP): 2805  (Indep.): 168  Unknown: 8  TOTAL: 2981
Ryan Henowitz (D): 1501  (WF): 81

These are the unofficial Lyme results in full with the winner shown in red:

President:
Hillary Clinton (D): 888
Donald Trump (GOP): 520
Gary Johnson (Lib.): 65
Jill Stein (Green): 27

US Senate:
Richard Blumenthal (D): 1003 (WF): 69  TOTAL: 1072
Dan Carter (GOP): 495
Richard Lion (Lib.): 9
Jeffrey Russell (Green): 16

US House District 2:
Joe Courtney (D): 1001  (WF): 78   TOTAL: 1079
Daria Novak (GOP): 479
Daniel Reale (Lib.): 13
Jonathan Pelto (Green): 19

State Assembly 23rd District:

Devin R. Carney (GOP): 1065

State Senate 33rd District:

Art Linares (GOP): 704  (Ind.): 41  TOTAL: 785
Norman Needleman (D): 789
Colin Bennet (Green):  23

Republican Sen. Art Linares Wins Third Term in 33rd District

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State Senator Art Linares (R-33rd) File photo.

State Senator Art Linares (R-33rd) File photo.

AREAWIDE — Republican State Senator Art Linares of Westbrook was re-elected for a third term Tuesday , defeating his Democratic challenger, Essex First Selectman Norman Needleman, by a decisive margin in the 12- town 33rd District.

Linares, 28, carried at least six district towns, including Clinton, East Haddam, East Hampton, Portland, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook.

Neeedleman, 65, carried Chester, Deep River, Essex, and Lyme. The margin in Deep River was a close 12 votes 1,268 for Needleman to 1,256 for Linares,. Results were still outstanding as of 10 p.m. from Haddam and Colchester. Excluding those two towns, the total vote was 22,950 for Linares to 17,643 for Needleman.

Linares, was first elected in 2012, taking the seat that had been held for the previous two decades by the late former State Sen. Eileen Daily of Westbrook. He won a second term in 2014, defeating Democrat Emily Bjornberg of Lyme on a 22,673-17,326 vote.  Needleman is serving his third term as first selectman of Essex.

Linares claimed victory around 9:30 p.m., entering the ballroom at Water Edge Resort in Westbrook to cheers from about 100 supporters. “Not bad for a close race in the 33rd, I mean how big do we have to win by,” he quipped. Linares offered special thanks to his younger brother, Ryan, who has managed his three winning election campaigns .
Needleman greeted supporters at the Ivoryton Tavern in Essex.

Vote Today! New Polling Place for Lyme Voters

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Election Day is finally here.  Voting takes place today for Old Lyme voters at the Cross Lane Firehouse and for Lyme voters at the Lyme Town Hall, 480 Hamburg Rd., from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

There are no town elections this year and State Representative Devin Carney (R-23rd), whose district includes both Old Lyme and Lyme, is uncontested on this occasion.

Lyme and Old Lyme fall under different State Senate districts.  Lyme voters will choose between two-term incumbent Art Linares (R) and challengers Essex First Selectman Norm Needleman (D) and Colin Bennet (Green) for the 33rd State Senate District.

Meanwhile, Old Lyme voters will decide between one-term incumbent Paul Formica (R) and challenger Ryan Henowitz (D) for the 20th State Senate District

We have  published numerous letters of endorsement for bot Linares and Needleman on ValleyNewsNow.com: click on this link to read them all.

Abbreviation used below are as follows: Lib: Libertarian, WF: Working Families

The candidates on both the Lyme and Old Lyme ballots are:

President: Hillary Clinton (D), Donald Trump (GOP), Gary Johnson (Lib.), Jill Stein (Green)

US Senate: Richard Blumenthal (D & WF), Dan Carter (GOP), Richard Lion (Lib.), Jeffrey Russell (Green)

US House District 2: Joe Courtney (D & WF), Daria Novak (GOP), Daniel Reale (Lib.), Jonathan Pelto (Green)

State Assembly 23rd District: Devin R. Carney (GOP)

Additional candidates on the Old Lyme ballot are:

State Senate 20th District: Paul Formica (GOP & Indep.) or Ryan Henowitz (D & WF),

Additional candidates on the  Lyme ballot are:

State Senate 33rd District:  Art Linares (GOP), Norman Needleman (D) or Colin Bennet (Green)

The results for Lyme and Old Lyme respectively will be published here on LymeLine.com shortly after their announcement.

Old Lyme Historic District Commission Recommends BOS to Initiate Historic Survey

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Following on from the Op-Ed by Gregory Stroud, the Executive Director of SECoast.org, that we published late last week, there has been some important activity on which we need to update readers.

First, as we have already reported, the Old Lyme Historic District Commission (HDC) added an item to their agenda for their regular meeting Monday morning titled, “FRA (Federal Rail Authority) Update.”

Stroud attended the meeting and reported back to us as follows, “I spoke with the Old Lyme Historic District Commission this morning. We had a friendly, productive discussion, and the board voted unanimously to recommend that the Old Lyme Board of Selectmen, at their next meeting in two weeks, initiate a new historic survey.”

A delighted Stroud commented, “An important step, and we very much appreciate the support of the HDC on this critical issue!”

Lyme-Old Lyme VFW to Distribute ‘Buddy Poppies’ at Weekend

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buddy_poppiesVolunteers with the Lyme/Old Lyme Veterans of Foreign Wars (LOL VFW) Post 1467 will be distributing ‘Buddy Poppies’ during Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 28-29 and Nov. 4-5, in honor of local veterans. Donations are greatly appreciated and are used 100 percent to assist and support veterans and their families.

The ‘Buddy Poppy’ was adopted as the official memorial flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in August 1922. Poppy fields in Belgium were the site of some of the battles in World War I, and the overturned soils allowed the seeds to grow again in the fields and serve as a reminder of the blood shed during the war.

In the past two years, the LOL VFW has helped reunite a homeless veteran from Old Lyme to live with  his daughter in Las Vegas, paid for heating oil to help an Air Force veteran get though the winter, paid rent for an veteran who was about to become homeless, and paid for car repairs along with many other cases of assistance.

This VFW Post may be small but its reach is far — no one does more for local veterans than the VFW.