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First I want to thank my readers who came out and voted for Dr. Goldstein. You were crucial to his victory. And for those who voted for Bob MacGuffie, Michael’s opponent, thank you for voting.
The turn out was quite low. Only 7% of registered Republicans voted. This made for an nail biter. As soon as the polls closed, initial returns gave Goldstein an 8-point lead with 11% of the vote. But as more towns submitted their results, the race tied and with 50% of the vote in; MacGuffie was actually ahead slightly.
But then Goldstein’s home town of Greenwich came through giving him 79% of their votes and Goldstein a 15% lead.
MacGuffie won some smaller towns and took 65% of his home town of Fairfield. But the turn out percentage Fairfield was less than Greenwich, allowing Goldstein a 6% victory.
Here is Dr. Goldstein’s letter thanking the voters and those who helped him win while acknowledging Bob MacGuffie as a worthy opponent:
Yesterday‘s victory at the polls was one for the people. In politics, there are parties and there are people. Yesterday was a demonstration that people matter and We The People matter. I’m in this race to Heal Connecticut and take back our country. I’m also in it to Put a Doctor in the House to solve a healthcare crisis and so many other issues that affect everyone.

We expected lower turnout, but turnout was even lower than we expected. If you’re ever asking yourself, does your vote count? I’m here to tell everyone that every vote matters and it mattered incredibly to us yesterday.
We were the underdog. This was as they say a Rocky story for the ages. This journey began two years ago since we lost as a no name candidate and we have been fighting ever since.
I want to thank my opponent, Bob Macguffie, as this was a primary that tested everything. He was a worthy adversary and we took this 12 rounds to the scorecard. We both fought fair knowing that we would work collaboratively to take on Mr. Himes. Bob has extensive knowledge on my opponent this November. This race was not about either one of us; it was about strengthening the effort to take it to Mr. Himes and honing the message and delivery of that message to the people. The message is honed and our collective resolve is strengthened. Bob and I are both fighters; we have different styles but I think we can figure out some good combinations to land the winning hits this November.
I want to thank everyone who came out and volunteered and especially want to thank my hometown of Greenwich where we picked up 80% of the votes. The town rallied behind me from Fred Camillo and Lauren Rabin, Senator Ryan Fazio, the Greenwich Republican leadership and to all of those that made the calls, worked the polls, wrote letters, sent emails and did not let the dog days of summer serve as an excuse.
A special thanks goes out to the 151st district where we kicked off this campaign and to State Rep candidate Tod Laudonia, Joe Montanaro and Gail Laurdisen who crushed the district and helped garner enough votes to give us a buffer. We also had help from Tina Courpas, a State Rep candidate in the 149th. 
I also want to thank Oxford First Selectman George Temple and Selectmen Arnie Jensen. Our politicking at the recycling center and their endorsement led to a commanding lead in Oxford. Mayor Lauretti in Shelton and his endorsement also gave us the lead in Shelton. Tom O’Dea, and the Stamford Republicans and State Rep candidates Olga Anastos, James Malerba and Rudy Settimi helped us take Stamford and New Canaan. State Senator Harding was also instrumental as well.
There’s so many others I want to thank and all of those who believed in us and put their neck on the line to endorse a challenger candidate. The list of endorsements is extensive but every one of them helped in different ways. We had support from outside of Connecticut from the Medical Society of the State of New York and the New York Young Republican Club.  We had the support of Connecticut’s Law Enforcement with the Fraternal Order of Police.
I want to thank my supportive family, my wife Belle, my sons Stephen and Jonathan for being there and encouraging me to fight. My son and campaign manager, Jonathan, deserves a special thanks for doing the work behind the scenes to develop and deploy a strategy that helped me win yesterday. He made some last minute adjustments on our focus to get out the vote which paid off and he worked the polls till close picking up every vote he could. Dr. Joseph Bentivegna was instrumental in the campaign getting the message out and working on the campaign and he and Jonathan were instrumental in getting our message out to over 30,000 people.
We look forward to working with Matt Corey and congratulate him on his victory. We also want to express gratitude to Gerry Smith and his team as we campaigned with both of these candidates over the past few months and have a camaraderie outside of campaigning. The father son duo of Gerry and Ben Smith with the father and son duo of me and my son Jonathan on the trail was a blast and none of this stops.
Now the work begins and we will be taking it to the streets and the people even more now that we are in a general election. Our republican base turned out but this is all about getting to everyone as it’s about the better message and the better solutions which we know we have.
I thank everyone for their continued support in time, energy and resources. 
Dr. Michael Goldstein
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