Veteran Courant reporter Matthew Kauffman is with the Malloy campaign at City Steam in Hartford.
His report follows:
On his campaign blog, Malloy urged campaign workers to keep up their efforts right up to the close of polls.
"If you are in Connecticut, please do not come to our election night party or stop working until 8pm," he urged.
And his supporters appeared to heed that plea. As 8 o'clock approached, partiers at City Steam Brewery in Hartford were outnumbered by journalists, who lined a long table, pondering voter turnout figures and debating the pronunciation of Malloy's first name.