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Unofficial Presidential Primary Results

The Aug. 11 presidential primaries brought no surprise winners—presumptive candidates Donald J. Trump (R) and Joe Biden (D) easily carried their party votes—the number of voters participating by mail-in ballot was significantly higher in this first modern-day election held during a pandemic.

In Essex, where 340 Republicans and 954 Democrats voted, 189 of the Republican and 759 of the Democrats’ votes came in via mail.

“The primary was a good opportunity for us to see how we can run the election during the COVID pandemic, how we can keep our election workers safe,” said Essex Registrar of Voters Caitlin Riley. “We had a much higher absentee turnout than we normally do...[and] we anticipate for the general election that we are going to have a significantly higher absentee return.”

While an executive order from Governor Ned Lamont that allowed ballots postmarked by Aug. 11 and received by Aug. 13 delayed reporting from the polls, a close statewide primary race for Republican U.S. Congress candidate also triggered a recount set for Aug. 18; that race between Thomas Gilmer and Justin Anderson, is further complicated by the withdrawal of Gilmer, the party- endorsed candidate, following his arrest on charges of second-degree strangulation and first-degree unlawful restraint of his girlfriend.

Unofficial Chester Presidential Primary Results

Democrat

Joe Biden 510 83.74%

Bernie Sanders 85 13.96%

Tulsi Gabbard 6 0.99%

Uncommitted 8 1.31%

Republican

Donald J. Trump 99 70.71%

Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente 16 11.43%

Uncommitted 25 17.86%

Unofficial Deep River Presidential Primary Results

Democrat

Joe Biden 402 82.72%

Bernie Sanders 68 13.99%

Tulsi Gabbard 9 1.85%

Uncommitted 7 1.44%

Republican

Donald J. Trump 94 74.60%

Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente 10 7.94%

Uncommitted 22 17.46%

Unofficial Essex Presidential Primary Results

Democrat

Joe Biden 852 89.31%

Bernie Sanders 87 9.12%

Tulsi Gabbard 5 0.52%

Uncommitted 10 1.05%

Republican

Donald J. Trump 238 70.21%

Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente 38 11.21%

Uncommitted 63 18.58%

Staff Writer Elizabeth Reinhart contributed to this story.