The Patch Voter's Guide For the Branford 2021 Election

BRANFORD, CT —Tuesday, Branford voters go to the polls to decide who will be sworn in to myriad town offices. The contested races are First Selectman, Board of Selectmen, Representative Town Meeting, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Board of Education, Board of Assessment Appeals, and Town Constables.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 2. Voters who are in line before 8 p.m. will be able to vote even after the deadline passes. You can find your poll location at the Secretary of the State website by inputting your information.

Connecticut offers Election Day registration, but those who arrive need to be registered by 8 p.m. in order to vote. Unlike previously registered voters, standing in line before 8 p.m. to registrar won't guarantee the ability to vote.

Here's the ballot.

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The choice for First Selectman is Democrat Tom Brockett and Republican James B. Cosgrove.

The choice for Board of Selectman is Democrat Raymond E. Dunbar and Republican Angela Higgins.

The choice for Town Clerk is Democrat Eileen Poulton Cimino and Republican Lisa E. Arpin.

The choice for Tax Collector is Democrat Roberta Gill-Brooks and Republican Robert Imperato

The choice for Town Treasurer is Democrat Kurt Schwanfelder and Republican Deborah Conklin.

The choices for Town Constables are Democrats Georgette Tootsie Laske, Chuck Tiernan, Francis Walsh, John R. O’Connor and Republicans Kyle Nelson, George Weted, Dennis Nardella and Gino Popolizio.

The choices for Board of Education are Democrats Marie Watson, Brett Joly, Cristy Cantu and Neil Sullivan and Republicans Peter A. Berdon, Tim Raynor, Meaghan DeLucia and Laura Keirnan Troidle.

The choice for Board of Assessment Appeals is Democrat Walter J. Kawecki III and Republican Dennis Nardella.

The choices for RTM are:

District 1 Democrats Cindy Kondziela, Clare Torelli, Judith Barron, and Kevin Coughlin and Republicans Tricia Anderson, Lindsay Marottoli Greenberg, Frank Twohill and George David Wells.

District 2 Democrats Peter Hentschel and Josh Brooks and Republicans Austin Bui and Chris Hynes.

District 3 Democrats Adrian Bonenberger and Linda Erlanger, Republicans Ralph Murray and Peter Black and Petitioning Candidate Todd Joseph Barry.

District 4 Democrats Maryann Amore, Ram C. Shrestha, Shahida Soomro, and Derek Green and Republicans Sean M. Kelly, James Stepanek, Victoria Verderame and Charles Witkowski.

District 5 Democrats Tracy Everson, Lou Siegal, Alex Larsson, Dan Adelman and Republicans Carolyn Sires, Ray Ingraham, Dennis T. Flanigan and Don Conklin.

District 6 Democrats Nancy McCormack, Chris Sullivan and Chad L. Edgar and Republicans Edward Prete, Anthony Alfone and Marc Riccio.

District 7 Democrats Donna Laich and Chuck Tiernan and Republicans Kevin Healy and Barbara Maresca.