Candidates and Polling Places for August 14, 2018 Primaries

On Tuesday, August 14th, Democratic and Republican voters will go to polls to choose their parties’ nominees for numerous offices up for election in 2018.

Democrats will be able to choose between businessman Ned Lamont and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim to be the Democratic nominee for Governor.

Democrats will be able to choose separately in the election for Lieutenant Governor between former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and former Newtown Council member Eva Bermudez Zimmerman.

In the election for the Fifth Congressional District, Democrats will choose their nominee between Mary Messina Glassman and Jahana Hayes.

Shawn Wooden and Dita Bhargava are the candidates for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer.

There are three candidates for the Democratic nomination for State Attorney General, William Tong, Paul Doyle and Chris Mattei.

*Sample ballot for the August 14, 2018 Democratic primary in New Britain.*

Republicans have a five-way primary for the office of Governor, giving Republican voters the choice between Mark Boughton, Timothy Herbst, Steve Obsitnik, Bob Stefanowski and David Stemmerman.

Likewise, there is a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor between State Senator Joe Markey, Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson and New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart.

Republicans have a primary for the office of United States Senator between Matthew Corey and Dominic Rapini.

There is a three-way Republican primary for the Fifth Congressional District, with the candidates being Manny Santos, Ruby Corby-O’Neill and Richard DuPont.

Thad Gray and Art Linares are the candidates in the Republican primary for State Treasurer.

For their candidate for State Comptroller, Republicans will choose between Kurt Miller and Mark Greenberg.

Finally, the Republican nomination for State Attorney General will be decided in the primary between Sue Hatfield and John Shaban.

*Sample ballot for the August 14, 2018 Republican primary in New Britain.*

Voting in New Britain takes place at seventeen polling places in the city. New Britain has fifteen voting districts, but Voting District 5 has three polling places, including two located senior housing complexes.

Voting District	Polling Place	Address
1	Vance Village School	183 Vance Street
2	VFW Post 511 Hall	41 Veterans Drive
3	Roosevelt Middle School	40 Goodwin Street
4	Gaffney School	322 Slater Road
5	New Britain Senior Center	55 Pearl Street
5-1	School Apartments	50 Bassett Street
5-2	Graham Apartments	107 Martin Luther King Drive
6	Angelico’s Restaurant	542 East Main Street
7	Generale Ameglio	13 Beaver Street
8	International Church	40 Acorn Street
9	Chamberlain School	120 Newington Avenue
10	Saint Francis Church Hall	1755 Stanley Street
11	Holmes School	2150 Stanley Street
12	Pulaski Middle School	757 Farmington Avenue
13	St. John Paul II School	221 Farmington Avenue
14	DiLoreto School	732 Slater Road
15	Slade Middle School	183 Steele Street