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NEW BRITAIN — Joahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, has won the Democratic primary to be the party’s candidate for the 5th U.S. Congressional District.

The party endorsed candidate, former First Selectwoman of Simsbury Mary Glassman, conceded defeat at about 9:30 p.m. at The Kitchen, a restaurant in New Britain.

Hayes had 52 percent of the votes casted as of 9:44 p.m., according to the Secretary of the State’s office, which had 30 percent of results casted at that point.

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