FAIRFIELD, CT — The votes have all been counted in Fairfield, but for two races, they will have to be counted again, according to Town Clerk Betsy Browne.
Though Democrat Bill Gerber declared victory Wednesday in the race for First Selectman, that is one of the contests for which votes will be recounted, because the margin of victory was so small.
According to the Secretary of State’s office, Gerber garnered 8,965 votes on Tuesday, or 43 more votes than incumbent Republican First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick, who received 8,922.
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In addition to the First Selectman’s race, a recount will also be held for the District 2 contest for the Representative Town Meeting, which had eight candidates for four seats. The candidate with the most votes is Christopher Shea with 706, the candidate with the fewest votes is Amir Nasir with 621.
Also, a recount has been called for the race for Constable, in which eight candidates vied for four seats.
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“The recanvass will review the machine vote, absentee vote and write-in ballots for this office, and no others,” Browne wrote in a letter to the Registrars of Voters office, referring individually to the three races. “You must set the time and place of the recanvass, but it must be held not later than the fifth business day after the election.”
The date and place had not been established as of late Wednesday afternoon.
Below are the preliminary vote totals for the Fairfield election, courtesy of the Secretary of State’s office. Bold denotes winners.
First Selectman:
(D) Bill Gerber — 8,965, 50.12%
(R) Brenda L. Kupchick — 8,922, 49.88%
Selectman:
(D) Christine Vitale — 9,277, 52.44%
(R) Brian Farnen — 8,414, 47.56%
Town Clerk:
(R) Betsy P. Browne — 11,804, 100.00%
Board of Finance:
(D) John Mitola — 9,316, 26.92%
(D) Kevin Starke — 8,932, 25.81%
(R) Amy Ruggiero — 8,259, 23.86%
(R) Jim Meyers — 8,101, 23.41%
Board of Education:
(D) David Krasnoff — 9,677, 17.28%
(D) Jennifer Maxon Kennelly — 10,276, 18.35%
(D) Kathryn Flynn — 10,564, 18.86%
(R) Jackie Bardenwerper — 8,150, 14.55%
(R) Jason Li — 8,296, 14.81%
(R) Tracey M. Rinaldi — 9,037, 16.14%
Board of Assessment Appeals:
(D) Peter J. Ruppert — 8,765, 51.18%
(R) Helene Daly — 8,362, 48.82%
Town Plan and Zoning Commission (4-year term)
(D) Jeff Randolph — 8,876, 26.11%
(D) Tom Corsillo — 8,701, 25.60%
(R) Gerald Alessi — 7,951, 23.39%
(R) Kathryn Braun — 8,465, 24.90%
Town Plan and Zoning Commission (2-year term)
(D) Jeff Galdenzi — 8,572, 49.74%
(R) Alexis P. Harrison — 8,662, 50.26%
Town Plan and Zoning Commission Alternates:
(D) Joseph Siebert — 8,671, 26.14%
(D) Jeanine Pocoski — 8,885, 26.78%
(R) Peter Collins — 7,905, 23.83%
(R) David A. Weiss — 7,716, 23.26%
Zoning Board of Appeals (4-year term):
(D) Jane Gitlin Nishball — 8,604, 25.84%
(D) Joseph Schwartz — 8,191, 24.60%
(R) Terry Keegan — 8,071, 24.24%
(R) Katie O’Grady — 8,433, 25.33%
Zoning Board of Appeals (2-year term):
(D) Christine Hogan — 8,624, 51.30%
(R) Kevin S. Coyne — 8,188, 48.70%
Constables:
(D) Charlene Sabia-Lebo — 8,869, 13.85%
(D) Jay Wolk — 8,281, 12.93%
(D) Kevin W. Flynn — 9,102, 14.21%
(D) Ruth Smey — 8,709, 13.60%
(R) Michael D. Herley — 7,258, 11.33%
(R) Bill Perugini — 7,624, 11.90%
(R) Joe Peddle — 7,083, 11.06%
(R) Roger V. Autuori — 7,123, 11.12%
Representative Town Meeting:
District 1
(D) Kevin J. Lennon — 762, 11.62%
(D) Lynn Naughton Moore — 753, 11.48%
(D) Nancy Von Euler — 788, 12.01%
(D) Eric W. Mengel — 736, 11.22%
(R) Melissa Longo — 909, 13.86%
(R) Kenneth Astarita — 868, 13.23%
(R) Peter Britton — 884, 13.48%
(R) Brooke Sparacino — 859, 13.10%
District 2
(D) Scott Bisang — 626, 11.95%
(D) Tara Cook-Littman — 703, 13.42%
(D) Dave Rock — 642, 12.25%
(D) Sunila Fadl — 632, 12.06%
(R) Christopher Shea — 706, 13.48%
(R) Amy O’Shea — 667, 12.73%
(R) Amir Nasir — 621, 11.85%
(R) Ed Bateson — 642, 12.25%
District 3
(D) Melissa Straus — 1,051, 13.13%
(D) Cindy Waldron — 1,044, 13.04%
(D) Myke Nicholas Hartigan — 1,038, 12.96%
(D) Cindy Wapnitsky — 1,018, 12.71%
(R) Jeff Steele — 1,040, 12.99%
(R) Karen McCormack — 974, 12.16%
(R) Francis “Hank” Ference — 915, 11.43%
(R) Lori McArthur — 927, 11.58%
District 4
(D) Marcy Spolyar — 1,442, 24.79%
(D) Elizabeth (Liz) Zezima — 1,452, 24.97%
(D) Laura Karson — 1,451, 24.95%
(D) Michelle Lapine McCabe — 1,471, 25.29%
District 5
(D) Josh Garskof — 994, 17.73%
(D) Kristin O’Neill — 1,068, 19.05%
(D) Jay Wolk — 1,002, 17.88%
(D) Sharon Pistilli — 1,082, 19.30%
(R) Keith Markey — 737, 13.15%
(R) Roger V. Autuori — 722, 12.88%
District 6
(D) Rob Blanchard — 581, 13.57%
(D) Nancy T. Donne — 577, 13.48%
(D) Jennifer Barahona — 584, 13.64%
(D) Andrew Graceffa — 545, 12.73%
(R) Jaya Torok — 485, 11.33%
(R) Nina Velez — 504, 11.77%
(R) Hannah Gale — 513, 11.98%
(R) Evan Snapper — 492, 11.49%
District 7
(D) John Kuhn — 854, 13.53%
(D) Steve Berecz — 853, 13.51%
(D) Jonathan Delgado — 822, 13.02%
(D) Scott Nickel — 817, 12.94%
(R) Joanne Romano Csonka — 752, 11.91%
(R) Sara Mercedes Camarro — 716, 11.34%
(R) William Ferguson — 726, 11.50%
(R) Jack Shostak — 774, 12.26%
District 8
(D) Christopher Carroll — 762, 12.79%
(D) Shane Pendley — 692, 11.61%
(D) Jim Buggy — 724, 12.15%
(D) Kerry Berchem — 757, 12.70%
(R) Rich Davies — 718, 12.05%
(R) Christine Ludwiczak — 789, 13.24%
(R) Collin Colburn — 744, 12.49%
(R) Nick Mirabile — 773, 12.97%
District 9
(D) Lisa Havey — 917, 12.82%
(D) Dru Georgiadis — 1,077, 15.05%
(D) Karen Wackerman — 1,010, 14.12%
(D) Christine Brown — 1,140, 15.94%
(R) Kelly Scinto — 846, 11.83%
(R) Susan O’Neill — 831, 11.62%
(R) Sarah H. Matthews — 848, 11.85%
(Pet) James Edwin Bowen — 485, 6.78%
District 10
(D) Matt Ambrose — 1,022, 13.55%
(D) Pierre Ratzki — 970, 12.86%
(D) Justin Contratto — 978, 12.97%
(D) Margaret Horton — 1,059, 14.04%
(R) Laurie Quick — 854, 11.32%
(R) Tisha A. Fox — 855, 11.34%
(R) Patrick G. Colligan — 842, 11.16%
(R) Stori Tallman — 830, 11.01%
(WF) William Louis Tuttle — 132, 1.75%
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