LYME/OLD LYME— Two towns, two different results.
Tuesday’s US Senate Republican Primary in Old Lyme ended with 78 votes for Gerry Smith and 43 for Matthew Corey, while in contrast in Lyme, Corey polled 32 votes to Smith’s 14.
In Old Lyme, there were 26 Early Votes and three Absentee Ballots—Lyme recorded 14 Early Votes.
Turnout was remarkably low in both towns. Old Lyme has 1601 registered Republicans so the 121 total number of voters represented just 7.6 percent of those who were eligible to vote.
The Associated Press (AP) called the race for Corey with 96 percent of votes counted at 9:46 p.m. At that time according to the AP, Corey had secured 19,008 votes to Smith’s 15,931.
Corey will face incumbent Senator Chris Murphy (D) in November. Sen. Murphy is seeking his third term in the US Senate.