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At Ms. Whitnum’s home, she and supporters toasted “on to better things.” She told a Post reporter that regardless of the outcome, campaigning was a wonderful experience.

“This campaign was the most fun I had in my whole life but now I’m glad it’s over,” Ms. Whitnum said. “It was really so great to try and fight for things.”

Although Ms. Whitnum enjoyed her experiences on the campaign trail, she did admit that it would be nice to not having to worry about “one misstep ending up on the blogosphere.”

Himes takes primary; will face Shays

Breaking News Updated 9:20 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 13 By Ken Borsuk kborsuk@greenwich-post.com As predicted, the Democratic primary contest between Greenwich residents Jim Himes and Lee Whitnum wasn’t much of a contest at all as Mr. Himes won handily Tuesday night. According to totals Tuesday night, Mr. Himes bested Ms. Whitnum 90% to 10%. In Greenwich, Mr. Himes received 1,079 votes to 74 for Ms. Whitnum, including absentee ballots. (See charts below for district breakdowns.) Mr. Himes thanked his supporters at the campaign’s headquarters for the night, Black Bear Saloon in Norwalk, and said he is looking forward to focusing on the race against 4th District U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays in the general election. Political observers consider Mr. Himes the Democrats’ best shot to unseat Mr. Shays, who has been in office for more than 20 years. Mr. Himes has already set fund-raising records among opponents of Mr. Shays. “I love the energy we have here tonight,” Mr. Himes told the Post after arriving at his party and being mobbed by supporters. “I’ve said all along that I welcomed this primary and I’ve enjoyed all of this process. Tonight is a night for us to have a beer, but tomorrow we have to get right back out there and focus on the general election. This is an energy we need to harness for the fall.”.... Greenwich Votes by District District Jim Himes Lee Whitnum D1 80 11 D2 67 1 D3 31 3 D4 44 6 D5 116 6 D6 136 11 D7 64 4 D8 117 5 D9 69 7 D10 61 1 D11 84 5 D12 89 7 Absentee 121 7 Totals 1079 74 Democratic primary 2008 4th Congressional District Town Lee Whitnum Jim Himes Official/unofficial numbers? Bridgeport 1,017 3,468 official Darien 9 160 official Easton Fairfield 69 761 official Greenwich 74 1,079 official Monroe New Canaan 8 224 official Norwalk Oxford 9 79 unofficial Redding 15 192 official Ridgefield 24 274 official Shelton Stamford Trumbull 128 761 official Weston 10 213 official Wilton 6 237 official Westport District Totals Results are being posted as they come in. The numbers include absentee ballots.

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