From courant.com:

Martha Dean, a political outsider who made support for gun ownership part of a broadly conservative agenda, easily won the Republican primary for attorney general Tuesday against challenger Ross Garber, a moderate who had the backing of much of the party establishment.

The other two primary contests for state-wide office – both Democratic – followed the same pattern, with the convention-endorsed candidates easily turning aside challengers.

Kevin Lembo, the state healthcare advocate, trounced Waterbury Mayor and five term, former state legislator Michael Jarjuara in the primary for state comptroller by a 70 to 30 ratio, according to unofficial returns. Jarjura appeared poised to carry his hometown of Waterbury by a couple of hundred votes, but little else.

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