Totals, Steve Stafstrom 776, Enrique Torres 720, Bob Keeley 154, Bob Halstead 48, Hector Diaz 45
First number machine count, followed by absentee ballot total, two Central precincts split by assembly district
St. Ann’s: Stafstrom 359 (28), Torres 467 (26), Keeley 32 (4), Halstead 14 (0) Diaz 11 (0)
Central: Stafstrom 137 (33), Torres 127 (16), Keeley 62 (3), Halstead 20 (4), Diaz 11 (2)
Central: Stafstrom 37 (1), Torres 26 (0), Keeley 24 (0), Halstead 5 (0), Diaz 3 (0)
Aquaculture: Stafstrom 115 (66), Torres 48 (10), Keeley 21 (8), Halstead 3 (2), Diaz 17 (1)
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Lennie,
What would be interesting is the percentage of votes absentees were when Stafstrom lost his City Council seat to Torres versus the percentage of when he won the state rep seat.
It might show he learned a lesson, but not necessarily a good lesson.
Tom, Bepo forgot to mention that 160 ABs came out of The Twin Towers alone. She’s always blowing smoke up people’s asses.
As Lennie has mentioned, that spike in absentee ballots in the precinct voting at the Aquaculture School really stands out. Were they all from one address?
Tom, there are a lot of good reasons why the voters on the east side of Black Rock voted so overwhelmingly for Steve. Most of us here are Democrats as opposed to the west side of BR. Many are of lower economic status and many are minorities–both groups that would not like Rick’s stance against social welfare programs and his strange attitude toward blacks.–Madeline Dennis
The issue of absentee balloting in Bridgeport is a long-standing issue that has long been the bane of Bridgeport’s elections. Add to that the “wannabes” who were petitioning candidates with little expectation other than swaying some votes away from the main candidates.