At the time of writing, it appears that, like the majority in the state — but unlike the majority in the rest of the country — Lyme and Old Lyme both chose Hillary Clinton to be President.
Both town experienced exceptionally high voter turnouts, but although Lyme was able to finalize its results in the normal time frame, it was well past 10:15 p.m. before Old Lyme Moderator Larry Peterson was able to announce the results there. This was due primarily to the Election Day Registrations (EDRs) not being received until almost 9 p.m. from the town hall and then still needing to be processed, which took more than another hour.
In keeping with the final results, both Lyme and Old Lyme voters overwhelmingly chose Democrat Richard Blumenthal to continue as their US Senator, Democrat Joe Courtney to be their US Congressional Representative (2nd), and the uncontested Republican Devin Carney to be their State Representative (23rd).
In Old Lyme, in keeping with the final result, voters returned Republican Paul Formica as their State Senator (20th) for a second term while up in Lyme, unlike the final result, which saw Linares cruise to a comfortable victory in the 12-town district, voters chose Democratic challenger Norm Needleman over incumbent Art Linares (R) to be their State Senator (33rd)
These are the unofficial Old Lyme results in full with the winner shown in red:
President:
Hillary Clinton (D): 2473
Donald Trump (GOP): 1990
Gary Johnson (Lib.): 142
Jill Stein (Green): 63
US Senate:
Richard Blumenthal (D): 2667 (WF): 220 (Unknown): 34 TOTAL: 2921
Dan Carter (GOP): 1661
Richard Lion (Lib.): 27
Jeffrey Russell (Green): 29
US House District 2:
Joe Courtney (D): 2758 (WF): 245 (Unknown): 21 TOTAL: 3024
Daria Novak (GOP): 1545
Daniel Reale (Lib.): 39
Jonathan Pelto (Green): 49
State Assembly 23rd District:
Devin R. Carney (GOP): 3003 (Indep): 441 Unknown: 9 TOTAL: 3453
Old Lyme Registrar of Voters:
(Both are elected)
Marilyn Clarke: 2397
Catherine Quine Carter: 2038
Additional candidates on the Old Lyme ballot are:
State Senate 20th District:
Paul Formica (GOP): 2805 (Indep.): 168 Unknown: 8 TOTAL: 2981
Ryan Henowitz (D): 1501 (WF): 81
These are the unofficial Lyme results in full with the winner shown in red:
President:
Hillary Clinton (D): 888
Donald Trump (GOP): 520
Gary Johnson (Lib.): 65
Jill Stein (Green): 27
US Senate:
Richard Blumenthal (D): 1003 (WF): 69 TOTAL: 1072
Dan Carter (GOP): 495
Richard Lion (Lib.): 9
Jeffrey Russell (Green): 16
US House District 2:
Joe Courtney (D): 1001 (WF): 78 TOTAL: 1079
Daria Novak (GOP): 479
Daniel Reale (Lib.): 13
Jonathan Pelto (Green): 19
State Assembly 23rd District:
Devin R. Carney (GOP): 1065
State Senate 33rd District:
Art Linares (GOP): 704 (Ind.): 41 TOTAL: 785
Norman Needleman (D): 789
Colin Bennet (Green): 23
Congratulations to Larry Peterson and all the workers at the Old Lyme polling site. As I listened to people from other towns, I was not looking forward to standing in line. However the exceptional job by the Old Lyme workers made it a breeze especially in such a difficult election process. It is a long and tiring day but be assured the citizens of Old Lyme appreciate your work.
Tom McGarry