Brookfield's Ballots Are Counted: Lamont, Hayes, and Thomas Carry Town

Brookfield's votes are in. With all three of the town's precincts reporting, Brookfield voters backed the Democratic winners at the top of the ticket, and the closest race on the local ballot — the 30th State Senate District, where both candidates live in Brookfield — remains too close to call.

In the governor's race, Brookfield gave Ned Lamont 4,018 votes to Ryan Fazio's 3,796. The Associated Press called the race for Lamont shortly after 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, giving him a third term. Statewide, Lamont led with 699,596 votes, or 58.5 percent, in the overnight count.

In Brookfield's congressional district, the 5th, Jahana Hayes took 4,152 votes in town to Chris Shea's 3,616. The Associated Press called that race for Hayes, who led district-wide with 125,971 votes, or 58.3 percent, with most precincts reporting overnight.

For Secretary of the State, Brookfield voters chose Stephanie Thomas by 4,209 votes to Peter Lumaj's 3,545. The Associated Press called the race for Thomas, who led statewide with 729,906 votes, or 62.6 percent.

The race Brookfield will watch longest is the 30th Senate District. Incumbent Stephen Harding, a Brookfield Republican and the Senate minority leader, faces Democrat Aaron Zimmer, also of Brookfield. Statewide coverage Wednesday morning described Harding's seat as at risk and the race as too close to call, one of three Republican-held Senate seats still undecided. The 32nd Senate District, which covers Brookfield's third voting district, was also uncalled Wednesday morning, with incumbent Eric Berthel of Watertown leading the district count while Middlebury's results were still outstanding.

All results are unofficial until the canvass is complete. The Current's election results page will be updated as the remaining district counts come in.