Politics & Government
Branford Election Results 2021: Vote Totals For Every Race
As voters decided Republican James Cosgrove should serve a 5th term as First Selectman, the GOP had the top vote-getters in most races.
BRANFORD, CT — Republican First Selectman James Cosgrove was reelected to serve a fifth term leading town government. And with that, GOP candidates also came out on top across the myriad races.
After technical difficulties stalled the release of Connecticut's Nov. 2 municipal election results Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the Secretary of State's public reporting released all the results for all the races.
Here are Branford's results, winners in bold:
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First Selectman
Republican James B. Cosgrove 4,943 votes
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Democrat Tom Brockett 3,165 votes
Board of Selectman
Republican Angela Higgins 4,387 votes
Democrat Raymond E. Dunbar 3,533 votes
Town Clerk
Republican Lisa E. Arpin 4,433 votes
Democrat Eileen Poulton Cimino 3,591
Tax Collector
Republican Robert Imperato 4,195 votes
Democrat Roberta Gill-Brooks 3,795
Town Treasurer
Republican Deborah Conklin 4,294 votes
Democrat Kurt Schwanfelder 3,662 votes
Board of Education
Full Term
Republican Peter A. Berdon 4,067 votes
Republican Tim Raynor 4,122 votes
Democrat Marie Watson 3,876 votes
Democrat Brett Joly 3,592 votes
Fill 4-year vacancy
Republican Meaghan DeLucia 4,057 votes
Democrat Cristy Cantu 3,757 votes
Fill 2-year vacancy
Republican Laura Keirnan Troidle 4,019 votes
Democrat Neil Sullivan 3,752 votes
Board of Assessment Appeals
Republican Dennis Nardella 4,322
Democrat Walter J. Kawecki III 3,475
Representative Town Meeting
District 1
Republican Frank Twohill 756 votes
Republican Tricia Anderson 755 votes
Republican Lindsay Marottoli Greenberg 727 votes
Republican George David Wells 711 votes
Democrat Clare Torelli 671 votes
Democrat Judith Barron 578 votes
Democrat Kevin Coughlin 578 votes
Democrat Cindy Kondziela 548 votes
District 2
Democrat Peter Hentschel 461 votes
Democrat Josh Brooks 457 votes
Republican Chris Hynes 433 votes
Republican Austin Bui 408 votes
District 3
Democrat Linda Erlanger 567 votes
Democrat Adrian Bonenberger 506 votes
Republican Peter Black 320 votes
Republican Ralph Murray 305 votes
Petitioning Candidate Todd Joseph Barry 44 votes
District 4
Republican Victoria Verderame 634 votes
Republican James Stepanek 624 votes
Republican Sean M. Kelly 610 votes
Republican Charles Witkowski 605 votes
Democrat Ram C. Shrestha 584 votes
Democrat Maryann Amore 581 votes
Democrat Derek Green 544 votes
Democrat Shahida Soomro 538 votes
District 5
Republican Ray Ingraham 798 votes
Republican Dennis T. Flanigan 778 votes
Democrat Tracy Everson 774 votes
Republican Don Conklin 756 votes
Republican Carolyn Sires 725 votes
Democrat Alex Larsson 696 votes
Democrat Dan Adelman 685 votes
Democrat Lou Siegal 669 votes
District 6
Republican Marc Riccio 622 votes
Republican Edward Prete 610 votes
Republican Anthony Alfone 591 votes
Democrat Chris Sullivan 473 votes
Democrat Nancy McCormack 448 votes
Democrat Chad L. Edgar 394 votes
District 7
Republican Barbara Maresca 509 votes
Republican Kevin Healy 503 votes
Democrat Donna Laich 406 votes
Democrat Chuck Tiernan 437 votes
Town Constables
Democrat Francis Walsh 4,182 votes
Democrat Georgette Tootsie Laske 3,973 votes
Democrat John R. O'Connor 3,785 votes
Republican George Weted 3,766 votes
Republican Dennis Nardella 3,735 votes
Republican Kyle Nelson 3,731 votes
Democrat Chuck Tiernan 3,686 votes
Republican Gino Popolizio 3,594 votes
Editor's note: Many apologies to the winning candidates whose names were not in bold. That has been corrected. ~Ellyn
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