Monroe Election 2016: What You Need to Know

MONROE, CT — Monroe residents will head to the polls on Nov. 8 for the 2016 midterm election. Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. On the ballot, registered voters will be able to select candidates for president and vice president, United States senator, representatives to U.S. Congress, state senator, state representative, and registrar of voters.

In Monroe, the choice for U.S. Congress is between Democrat Jim Himes and Republican John Shaban. Himes, now in his fourth term, is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, serves as the ranking member of the NSA and Cybersecurity Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and is Vice-Chair of the New Democrat Coalition.

Shaban, a 30-year resident of Fairfield County, worked for Kelley Drye & Warren law firm and is a partner at Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan. "The federal government has become too involved in state issues, controlling the funding and direction of local issues such as education, land preservation, local road repair and first responder hiring. These dollars should stay in Connecticut and be spent more efficiently in Connecticut, rather than us begging the feds for pennies back on our tax dollar," Shaban said.

Jamieson Campbell, Democrat, and Margaret Villani, Republican are the candidates for registrar of voters.

Republican J.P. Sredzinski is running unopposed for State Representative.

• To read about the U.S. Senate race in Connecticut and the five congressional races see this related story: Connecticut Election 2016: What You Need to Know.

Prez Palmer, Democrat, is running against Kevin Kelly, Republican, for State Senate.

For United States Senate the candidates are Richard Blumenthal, Democrat, Dan Carter, Republican, Richard Lion, Libertarian, and Jeffrey Russell, Green Party.

Carter is an officer and pilot is a graduate of Bowling Green University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and was a member of the Air Force ROTC program. He is serving the 2nd District in his third two-year term. He is the Ranking Member (Republican Leader) on the legislature’s General Law Committee, and member of the Education and Finance, Revenue & Bonding committees.

Blumenthal is serving his first term as a United States Senator for Connecticut and served five terms as Connecticut’s Attorney General.

The candidates for president and vice president are Republicans Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, Libertarians Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, and Green Party Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka.

Click here to view the entire Monroe sample ballot.

If you want to know where to vote on Election Day, click this link which is from the CT Secretary of State’s Office.