Lamont Sweeps Lyme and Old Lyme in Democratic Primary

Gov. Ned Lamont won more than twice as many votes as challenger Josh Elliott in Lyme and Old Lyme Tuesday.

An Old Lyme voter signs in with poll workers Tuesday evening shortly before the polls closed for the Democratic primary on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. Credit: Elizabeth Regan/LymeLine.

LYME/OLD LYME, CT – Gov. Ned Lamont notched decisive wins against challenger Josh Elliott in Lyme and Old Lyme’s Democratic primaries Tuesday night.

In Old Lyme, Lamont garnered 405 votes to Elliott’s 199. Lamont’s total comprised 238 primary day votes, 149 early votes and 18 absentee votes. Elliott received 113 votes on primary day, 82 early votes and four absentee votes.

In Lyme, Lamont finished with 183 votes and Elliott with 78. Lamont received 114 votes on primary day, 65 early votes and four absentee votes. Elliott’s total comprised 42 primary day votes, 33 early votes and three absentee votes.

Check back Wednesday for complete primary coverage for Lyme and Old Lyme.

Editor’s Note: This report was updated to correct the Old Lyme totals and the breakdown of votes.

Author

Elizabeth started her journalism career in 2013 with the launch of The Salem Connect, a community news site inspired by digital trailblazers like Olwen Logan. Elizabeth’s earliest reporting included two major fires — one at a package store and another at a log cabin where she captured, on video, a state trooper fatally shooting the unarmed homeowner and suspected arsonist. The experiences gave her a crash course in public record searches, courthouse procedures and the Freedom of Information Act. She went on to report for The Bulletin, CT News Junkie, The Rivereast, and The Day, where she covered the Lymes and helped launch the Housing Solutions Lab on affordable housing. Her work has earned numerous awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Now, after more than a decade in digital, weekly, and daily journalism, she’s grateful to return to the place where it all started: an online news site dedicated to one small corner of Connecticut.

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