Politics & Government
Durham Releases Unofficial Results in Presidential Primary
The town clerk's office released unofficial results for the Tuesday, April 26, primary.
On Tuesday night, Connecticut moved the country closer to a general election match-up of Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton.
Trump rolled to victory in Connecticut, receiving 109,081 or 58.27 percent of the vote, followed by John Kasich, 52,485 and Ted Cruz, 21,841.
Ben Carson still received 1,512 votes and 2,286 people voted but didn’t actually pick a person, according to the office of the Secretary of State.
On the Democratic side, the race was much closer, with Sanders enjoying a slight lead for most of the night until Clinton caught up and surpassed him just after 10:30 p.m.
Clinton secured 141,298 votes or 51.03 percent of the vote to Sanders's 130,569 votes or 47.15 percent of the vote. More than 4,000 people didn’t pick a candidate on the Democratic side.
Overall, Trump swept all five states Tuesday while Clinton won four of five contests only dropping Rhode Island. Sanders vowed to continue until the end.
Unofficial Results: Presidential Preference Primary
April 26, 2016
Durham, Connecticut
Democrat
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE: 2
HILLARY CLINTON: 301
BERNIE SANDERS: 407
UNCOMMITTED: 8
Total Number of Democratic Registered Votes: 1,279
Total Number of Democratic Voters showing as voted: 718
Percentage showing as voted: 56.14 %
Republican
TED CRUZ: 98
BEN CARSON: 8
DONALD J. TRUMP: 473
JOHN R. KASICH: 224
UNCOMMITTED: 11
Total Number of Republican Registered Votes: 1,499
Total Number of Republican Voters showing as voted: 814
Percentage showing as voted: 54.30 %
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