Joe Lieberman was nominated at the Democratic convention on Friday night, but by a smaller margin than many were expecting. An unofficial count of the votes showed Lieberman winning 67%-33%.
The big story may be that Ned Lamont gathered more than twice the number of delegates he needed to force a primary in August. Lamont showed strength especially in small towns, where Lieberman was strongest in the large cities. There were exceptions. Lieberman won many small towns, while Lamont was the clear winner in New Britain and Norwalk.
Now the challenge for Lamont is whether he can close the gap with Lieberman over the next few months.
We're waiting for official word here at the convention, but unoffically, Lieberman is the nominee with 67% of the vote.
Update
Official word just received. Lieberman 1004, Lamont 505. Lamont got 33.4% of the vote.
Messy breakdown by town here (excel file).
3 comments:
That was pretty good work. You did a heckofa job keeping up - frankly I'm impressed.
-ACR
I just returned for the convention.
GC,
Please use the correct terms>Lieberman won the party endorsement tonight NOT the nomination.The Dem Nomination will now be Decided in an August 8th primary because Lamont got greater than the 15% threshold required to force a primary.
Goodnite all,I must say I had a wonderful day and tomorrow I will vote Present for the Dem endorsement for governor.
Damn GC, I didn't see you. Look for me tomorrow.
Turfgrrl:
Ahem, so much for that BIG Lamont filing story huh. How's that crow taste.
ChrisMC is correct (nice meeting you again). The real show will be tomorrow between Malloy and DeStefano. Don't get me wrong Lamont's numbers were HUGE tonight and Joe is in some REAL trouble but WOW those Malloy and DeStefano people were working hard tonight (the free beer was nice also).
Man, what a night for Lamont. It was simply amazing being in the middle of everything counting the numbers. The picture I took of the Lieberman staff told the whole story tonight.
Genghis, two words: Media pass.
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