 Carrano, a professional philosophy writer and systems consultant, and Green Party nominee Richard Duffee.Winning by a margin of 51 percent to 47 percent, while Shays won 14 of the district's 17 towns, Himes won all three of the district's large cities -- Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford.Ultimately, he owed his victory to swamping Shays in Bridgeport, winning a staggering 80 percent of the vote there.