HARTFORD, Conn. — Leora Levy, a first-time political candidate who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary Tuesday for US Senate in Connecticut, a win that could signal where the state Republican party is headed politically after years of backing moderates. Levy, a member of the Republican National Committee, will face US Sen. Richard Blumenthal in November, trying to unseat the Democrat in a state that hasn’t sent a Republican to the Senate since in more than 30 years Levy’s victory came over the party establishment’s favored candidate, former state House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, a social moderate. She also defeated a fellow conservative, immigration attorney Peter Lumaj, who has made several unsuccessful runs for public office. Levy, 65, immigrated with her family from Cuba to the US in 1960. Her grandfather was president of the Vertientes-Camaguey Sugar Company in Havana. She graduated from Brown University in 1978 and worked in the financial industry, including as a commodities trader at Philbro Salomon.She lives in Greenwich and has loaned her campaign about $1 million, some of which she used on ads attacking Klarides in a battle over whether a conservative or a moderate had the best chance of defeating Blumenthal. Trump announced his support for Levy last week. Levy appeared optimistic Tuesday night that she might pull off an upset against Klarides, as she mingled with supporters at a party in Greenwich. “I have to pinch myself. I feel like I’m living a dream,” she told WTNH-TV. “So far it’s looking good, that so many people around the state who have put their trust in me and their belief in me, that I will work for them and that I will go to Washington to make real changes that will make a difference to make their lives better.” Newly appointed Secretary of the State Mark Kohler said the polls were “pretty quiet” for his first election, with only a handful of reports of some tabulating machines “sticking a little bit in the heat.” He said the procedure for such a situation is to put the ballots in a secure auxiliary bin and count them later. Connecticut hasn’t elected a Republican to the US Senate since Lowell P. Weicker Jr., who served from 1971 to 1989. Art Shilosky, a Republican and former first selectman of Colchester, said he doesn’t believe that nominating a candidate endorsed by Trump would finally end that drought for the GOP. He also questioned whether Trump’s endorsement would help Levy. “No, I don’t think that’s a good mix,” Shilosky said outside a polling place where he voted for Klarides. “I think the Republicans in the state of Connecticut are more moderate than he (Trump) is. He’s too far out. People don’t relate to that. I don’t.”Klarides had contended that her legislative experience and moderate positions on issues like abortion can persuade Connecticut voters in the general election to oust Blumenthal, who has been in office since 2011She’s focused heavily on economic issues,