New Milford Election 2016: What You Need to Know

NEW MILFORD, CT — New Milford 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 New Milford, the choice for State Representative is a choice between Democratic candidate Mary Jane Lundgren, Republican William Buckbee and Richard A. Smith, Republican who is running unopposed for House District 108.

Dorothy Dori, Democratic and Ryan Murphy, Republican, are the candidates for registrar of voters.

• 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.

The State Senator candidates are David A. Lawson, Democrat, against Craig A. Miner, Republican. Lawson, a New Milford resident, is the Chairman for the New Milford Board of Education. Miner, a Litchfield resident, was named Deputy Republican Leader and serves on the Appropriations, Environment, Labor & Public Employees and Public Safety committees.

For United States Congress in the 5th District, the choice is between Incumbent Elizabeth Esty, a Democrat and Clay Cope, a Republican First Selectman for Sherman.

Cope said if elected to Congress he plans to "focus on the fundamentals of a fiscally conservative platform: a balanced Federal Budget, and lower Federal taxes and spending – along with meaningful Immigration Reform, effective border security, and improved National Security."

Esty said "job creation and economic development is a top priority for the residents of the 5th District."

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 New Milford 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.