2023 Election & Ballot Question Results
Candidates for Elected Positions
First Selectman
- (D) Rudolph P. Marconi 4,693 votes, 97.39%
- (Write-in) Robert Cousins 126 votes, 2.61%
Selectmen
- (D) Barbara Manners 4,042 votes, 31.70%
- (D) Sean Connelly 4,018 votes, 31.52%
- (R) Chris Murray 3,072 votes, 24.10%
- (Petitioning) Maureen Kozlark 1,617 votes, 12.68%
Town Clerk
- (R) Wendy Gannon Lionetti 4,076 votes, 100.00%
Town Treasurer
- (D) Molly McGeehin 4,485 votes, 100.00%
Tax Collector
- (R) Jane Berendsen-Hill 3,932 votes, 100.00%
Board of Finance
- (D) Joe Shapiro 4,044 votes, 35.73%
- (D) Dave Ulmer 4,083 votes, 36.08%
- (R) Greg Kabasakalian 3,190 votes, 28.19%
Board of Education
- (D) Jonathan Paradiso 3,891 votes, 20.49%
- (D) Wyatt Lipman 3,873 votes, 20.40%
- (R) Christine More 3,148 votes, 16.58%
- (R) Julia London 3,046 votes, 16.04%
- (R) Sean McEvoy 2,800 votes, 14.75%
- (Petitioning) Dawn-Marie Callahan 2,049 votes, 10.79%
- (Write-in) Divya Dorairajan 182 votes, 0.96%
Board of Assessment Appeals
- (D) Stan Galanski 4,298 votes, 100.00%
Planning & Zoning Commission
- (D) Robert Hendrick 3,920 votes, 26.04%
- (D) Ben Nneji 3,963 votes, 26.32%
- (D) Susan Consentino 4,017 votes, 26.68%
- (R) Sebastiano D'Acunto 3,155 votes, 20.96%
Zoning Board of Appeals Full 5-Year Term Begins 2023
- (D) Mark Seavy 4,119 votes, 100.00%
Zoning Board of Appeals Full 5-Year Term Begins 2024
- (D) Robert Byrnes 4,075 votes, 100.00%
Zoning Board of Appeals To Fill Vacancy For 2 Years
- (R) Alexander Lycoyannis 3,498 votes, 100.00%
Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate 5-Year Term Begins 2024
- (D) Sky Cole 4,007 votes, 100.00%
Inland Wetlands Board
- (D) Susan Baker 3,969 votes, 28.18%
- (D) Benjamin Nissim 3,837 votes, 27.24%
- (R) Carson Fincham 3,168 votes, 22.49%
- (R) Alan Pilch 3,110 votes, 22.08%
Board of Police Commissioners
- (D) Issy Caporale 3,803 votes, 36.77%
- (D) Ralph Money 3,595 votes, 34.76%
- (R) Bob Hebert 2,945 votes, 28.47%
Charter Revision Questions
1. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to make certain technical and administrative changes as recommended by the Charter Revision Commission?"
Votes: Yes 4,275; No 1,522
2. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to provide that the position of Town Treasurer be changed from an elected position to that of a hired Town employee?"
Votes: Yes 3,310; No 2917
3. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to provide that the position of Town Clerk be changed from an elected position to that of a hired Town employee?"
Votes: Yes 3,346; No 2,848
4. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to provide that the position of Tax Collector be changed from an elected position to that of a hired Town employee?"
Votes: Yes 3,316; No 2,881
5. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to change the titles of the First Selectman, Board of Selectmen, and Selectman, to First Selectperson, Board of Selectpersons, and Selectperson?"
Votes: Yes 3,532; No 2,724
6. "Shall Section 3-2 of the Town Charter be amended to provide that individuals who are not residents of the Town, but who own property in Town solely in their capacity as a trustee, are not entitled to vote at Town Meetings or at referenda?"
Votes: Yes 4,209; No 1,970
7. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to make the following changes to the membership and terms of office of certain Commissions:(a.) amend Sections 5-1 and 5-3 to change the name of the Commission on the Aging to the Commission on Aging, and to change the term of appointment from three-year to two-year terms:(b.) amend Section 5-8 to increase the size of the Economic and Community Development Commission from 7 members to 9 members, and to extend the term of office from 1 year to2 years;(c.) amend Section 5-14 to add two alternate members, both serving four-year terms, to the Water Pollution Control Authority; and (d.) amend Section 5-15 to decrease the size of the Youth Commission from 16 members to 12 members and to add 2 alternate members to the commission?"
Votes: Yes 4,394; No 1,555
8. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to make the following changes to the Town's appropriation process;(a.) amend Section 10-1(c) to eliminate the ability of the Town Meeting to decrease or delete any line item in the budget:(b.) amend Section 10-2(b) to require that any appropriation requested by residents at a petitioned town meeting in excess of $3,000,000 be submitted to referendum;(c.) amend Section 3-5(b) to provide that the required signatures for any petitions involving expenditures of$250,000 or more be increased from 5% to 7% of electors?"
Votes: Yes 4,162; No 1,738
9. "Shall the Standards of Conduct set forth in Article 11 of the Town Charter and the authority of the Ethics Commission set forth in Section 5-9 of the Town Charter be modified as recommended by the Charter Revision Commission?"
Votes: Yes 3,963; No 1,652