Today, this site will be dedicated to covering today's Democratic state senate primary between Duane Perkins and Terry Tierney.
This will be an ongoing LIVE BLOG post with updates throughout the day from Danbury, Sherman, Bethel and New Fairfield.
7:30 PM: Last reader report from the field: 3rd Ward Danbury (Broadview)
I was something like #113 for the day – two other voters were there besides me. Had a nice chat with my neighbor while I was there.
6:50 PM: In what will probably be my last post before the polls close at 8PM, here's the final television appearances made by both Perkins and Tierney last week.
Perkins' interview on Community Forum:
Tierney's interview on Ideas at Work and Beyond (co-hosted by yours truly):
6:40 PM: Over the last week, the Duane Perkins released a series of highly impressive mailers, targeted towards Democrats, which highlights his stance on education as well as his list of endorsements throughout Connecticut.
You can download the files below
Mailer 1: Click here to download the Perkins campaign education mailer (pdf format):
Mailer 2: Click here to download the Perkins campaign endorsements mailer (pdf format):
4:25 PM: WARD REPORT: 4th District Danbury:
After Bethel, I ran over to the Shelter Rock School to check out the scene there and there wasn't much to check out.
Count at the school (as of 2:15 PM) was at 64.
As I was preparing to leave, Terry Tierney pulled into the school. As he was waiting on a photographer from the News-Times to come and take pictures of him, I did a real quick interview and asked him about his feelings on today's primary.
4:13 PM: WARD REPORT: 2nd District Bethel:
Quick report:
I arrived at the Stony Hill Firehouse around 1:30 and stayed there for about a half an hour. In that timespan NO ONE showed up to vote...no one.
By the time I left, only 22 people voted at that location while only 9 people voted in the other district in Bethel that's voting today.
2:50 PM: Two words to describe today's primary election: LOW TURNOUT.
Made a trip to both voting places in Bethel as well as the 4th ward where I ran into Terry Tierney and did a quick video interview. I'll update things here once all the files are uploaded.
12:30 PM: The Terry Tierney campaign did a robo-call to Democrats in the district yesterday....
12:00 PM: WARD REPORT: Danbury 3rd Ward, Broadview School
Here's my really brief report on voting in the third ward.
I arrived at the Broadview Middle School at 11:40 PM to cast my vote.
Turnout was non-existent for the most part with no poll standers for either candidate to be found.
Walked right into the middle school cafeteria, showed my ID, cast my vote, and ran my ballot through the machine. The counter on the voting machine was at 43.
I'll bring more reports from the other wards in the 24th Dist. later today
11:40 AM: The Tierney campaign did an ad deal with the News-Times which should remind people to vote.
11:20 AM: This post is being simulcasted on My Left Nutmeg. Welcome MLN readers!
11:00 AM: The Perkins campaign released a new ad that being played on cable during the Olympics entitled "education." The ad highlights Perkin's educational background as a college professor and focuses of his vision on improving the education system in Connecticut.
10:30 AM (REPORT): Here's a report from a reader in the second ward of Danbury:
Real light turnout. I was the 9th person to vote (and according to the poll workers, they were the first five voters) and I voted around 9:15 to 9:30.
10:20 AM (REPORT): Here's the first report from a reader in the first ward of Danbury:
Low turnout at DHS.
I voted around 9:30am -- only number 35!
8:30 AM: Here is a listing of the polling places.
BETHEL
Registrar of voters: (203) 794-8516, Town clerk: (203) 794-8505
DISTRICT 2: Stony Hill Firehouse, 59 Stony Hill Road (Google Map)
DISTRICT 5: Frank A. Berry School, David W. Deakin Educational Park (Google Map)
Click here for Bethel's STREET/DISTRICT locater.
DANBURY
Registrar: (203) 797-4550, Town Clerk: (203) 797-4531
Ward 1: Danbury High School - School Gym, 43 Clapboard Ridge Rd (Google Map)
Ward 2: Pembroke School Gym, 34 Pembroke Road (Google Map)
Ward 3: Broadview Middle School - Cafeteria, 72 Hospital Avenue (Google Map)
Ward 4: Shelter Rock School Gym, 2 Crows Nest Lane (Google Map)
Ward 5: Danbury War Memorial Gym, Memorial Drive (Google Map)
Ward 6: Park Avenue School Gym, 82 Park Avenue (Google Map)
Ward 7: Mill Ridge Intermediate School Gym, 1 School Ridge Road (Google Map)
Click here for Danbury's STREET/DISTRICT locater.
NEW FAIRFIELD
Town Clerk: (203) 312-5616, Registrar: 312-5613 or 312-5614
Company A Firehouse, 302 Bell Pond Road
Meeting House Hill School (gymnasium), 24 Gillotti Road (Google Map)
SHERMAN
Registrar: (860) 350-4694
Sherman School, 2 Route 37 East (Google Map)
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