Voters trickled into polling places throughout the state Tuesday to choose candidates in a variety of statewide, regional and local primaries, including which Republican Greenwich businessman Tom Foley or state Senate Minority Leader John McKinney will face Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in November.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. and candidates awaited results as they were being tabulated by poll workers across the state.For the latest election results, visit courant.com/elections.

Earlier Tuesday, Foley greeted voters in Southington, shaking hands and making small talk. He asked one family with young children in tow if the youngsters were old enough to vote. "We voted at 6:45 this morning, with my three-year-old twins," Foley said.

McKinney took his son Matthew with him when he voted Tuesday morning in Fairfield. John McKinney was the 57th person to cast a ballot at the Fairfield Senior Center; Matthew McKinney was number 58.

Across the state, registrars were reporting mostly low turnouts. Polls opened at 6 a.m. and closed at 8 p.m.

In heavily Republican Greenwich, Foley's hometown, 1,627 people or about 13.4 percent of the town's eligible voters had voted as of 5:40 p.m.

As of 3 p.m., Glastonbury registrars were reporting a little over a 10 percent turnout. "It has been steady as it goes," said Republican Deputy Registrar Lisbeth Becker, who added the largest district turnout was at Hopewell Elementary School, with 12.6 percent. "We aren't giving up yet, but turnout has been pretty low," she said.

Registrars in Farmington and Simsbury both reported a low turnout as off 1:30 p.m. According to the Farmington registrar of voters' office, the turnout was slightly under 10 percent. Simsbury had 370 people cast votes, according to the Simsbury registrar of voters' office.

Typical pace for a primary

At the Hartford Seminary precinct in the city's West End, poll moderator Janielee Reyes said 145 people had cast ballots by 11:30 a.m. -- about the typical pace for a primary, she said.

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