NOVEMBER 6, 2012 GENERAL ELECTION
The full slate of candidates for Waterbury voters on November 6 is as follows:
President
Barack Obama/Joseph Biden - Democrat
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan - Republican
(There are many more parties with candidates for President, from the Prohibition Party to the Objectivist Party. For links to those candidates, visit Politics1.com.)
U.S. Senate
Chris Murphy - Democrat
Linda McMahon - Republican
Paul Passarelli - Libertarian
U.S. Congress, 3rd District
Rosa DeLauro - Democrat - 3rd District Congresswoman since 1990
Wayne Winsley - Republican
U.S. Congress, 5th District
Elizabeth Esty - Democrat
Andrew Roraback - Republican
John Pistone - Independent
State Senate
15th District
Joan V. Hartley - Democrat - State Senator since 2000; 73rd District Representative for 16 years
Andy Larsen - Independent
Blair F. Bertaccini - Working Families
16th District
John "Corky" Mazurek - Democrat - 80th District Representative for 7 years
Joseph C. Markley - Republican - State Senator since 2010 and from 1984 to 1986
State Representatives
71st District
Ernest Brunelli - Democrat - Currently serves on the Waterbury Board of Aldermen
Anthony J. D'Amelio - Republican - 71st District Representative since 1996
72nd District
Larry B. Butler - Democrat - 72nd District Representative since 2007
Michael Stango - Republican
Richard J. Cam - Petitioning Candidate
73rd District
Jeffrey J. Berger - Democrat - 73rd District Representative since 2000
Dennis Odle - Republican - Served on Waterbury Board of Aldermen
74th District
Selim Noujaim - Republican - 74th District Representative since 2002
Joseph P. Nolan - Independent
75th District
Victor Cuevas- Democrat
John Alseph - Republican
Registrar of Voters
Patricia M. Mulhall - Democrat
Timothy T. DeCarlo - Republican
Bernard J. Bailey - Independent
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Connecticut is divided into many districts. Most, but not all, of Waterbury is in the Fifth Congressional District.
Parts of the South End, Brooklyn, and Town Plot are in the Third Congressional District.
Waterbury is divided into two districts for State Senate, 15 and 16.
District 15 is in green, 16 is in pink. From the Connecticut State Library's Google map of state districts. |
Waterbury is also divided into five districts for the State House of Representatives: 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75. Of these, four include only Waterbury, while one, the 71st District, also includes Middlebury. These districts are broken down even further to identify polling locations; for example, I live in 72-2, which votes at the WOW Community Learning Center.
From the Connecticut State Library's Google map of General Assembly House districts. |
The place you go to vote is based on the home address you gave on your voter registration form. If you moved and did not update your registration, your voting location will be based on your old address. To figure out where you vote, visit the Connecticut Secretary of State website for Voter Registration Lookup.
AUGUST 14, 2012 PRIMARY ELECTIONS
On August 14,
primary elections will be held to select the Republican and Democratic
candidates for U.S. Senate and the Congressional 5th District in the
main elections. Voters registered as Democrats in the 75th District (see
below) will also choose their candidate for State Representative.
Voters will choose between the following candidates:
U.S. Senate
Democrats
Susan Bysiewicz - Democrat - Formerly Connecticut's Secretary of State; State Representative for 6 years
Chris Murphy - Democrat - Congressman for the 5th District since 2006
Republicans
Linda McMahon - Republican
Chris Shays - Republican - Congressman for the 4th District for 22 years; State Representative for 12 years
U.S. Congress, 5th District
Democrats
Chris Donovan - Democrat - State Speaker of the House
Elizabeth Esty - Democrat - State Representative for 2 years
Dan Roberti - Democrat
Republicans
Justin Bernier - Republican
Mark Greenberg - Republican
Andrew Roraback - Republican - State Senator since 2001; State Representative for 5 years
Lisa Wilson-Foley - Republican
State Representative, 75th District
Democrats
Victor Cuevas - Democrat - Candidate chosen by the Town Committee
David Aldarondo - Democrat - State Representative since 2004
The
75th District primary is a slightly unusual race. The incumbent is the
challenger, having been ousted in a Town Committee primary in March. For
more on that story, check out The Observer's article online.