Bridgeport 2021 Elections: Candidates, Polling Places, Hours

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport residents will head to the polls Nov. 2 to cast votes for the municipal election, in which seats on the City Council and Board of Education are up for grabs.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. 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.

You can request an absentee ballot here or you can visit your city clerk's office. All voters are eligible to check the top box that lists "COVID-19" as a reason for requesting an absentee ballot.

To view your ballot, click here.

City Council

There are two seats open in all 10 council districts. The candidates and respective districts are listed below:

DISTRICT 130

• Matthew McCarthy (Democrat)
• Scott Burns (Democrat)
• Louis Savino (Republican)
• Francis Kalangala (Republican)

DISTRICT 131

• Tyler Mack (Democrat, Working Families Party)
• Jorge Cruz Sr. (Democrat)
• Cowboy Terry Sullivan (Republican)
• Jacqueline Martoral (Republican)

DISTRICT 132

• Marcus Brown (Democrat)
• M. Evette Brantley (Democrat)
• Jimmy Colon (Republican)
• Michael Perillo (Republican)
• Dasha Spell (Working Families Party)

DISTRICT 133

• Aikeem Boyd (Democrat, Working Families Party)
• Jeanette Herron (Democrat)
• Mike Minutolo (Republican)
• Pat Nobou (Republican)

DISTRICT 134

• Michelle Lyons (Democrat)
• Amy Marie Vizzo-Paniccia (Democrat)
• Tony Puccio (Republican)
• Joseph Leonetti (Republican)

DISTRICT 135

• Mary McBride-Lee (Democrat)
• Rosalina Roman-Christy (Democrat)
• Louriem McKlosky (Republican)
• Lee Grisby II (Republican)
• Joseph D. Thompson (New Movement Party)
• Terra Anita Collins (New Movement Party)

DISTRICT 136

• Avelino Silva (Democrat)
• Alfredo Castillo (Democrat)
• Lucas Rena (Republican)
• Philip Flynn (Republican)

DISTRICT 137

• Aidee Nieves (Democrat)
• Maria I. Valle (Democrat)
• Joseph Christiansen (Republican)
• Ramona Marquez (Republican)

DISTRICT 138

• Michele Small (Democrat)
• Maria Pereira (Democrat)
• Victor Jones (Republican)
• Jose Quiroga (Republican)
• Odalis Inda (Independent Party)
• Frank Appleby, Sr. (Independent Party)
• Michaela Barr-Brant (New Movement Party)
• Tony Jerone Barr (New Movement Party)

DISTRICT 139

• Wanda Simmons (Democrat, Working Families Party)
• Ernest Newton II (Democrat)
• Jasmin Sanchez (Republican)
• Anne Marie Verrilli (Republican)
• Victoria Majewski (Working Families Party)

Board of Education

Nine candidates are seeking three seats on the Board of Education. They are Democrats Erika Castillo, Michael MacCarone and Christine Baptiste-Perez; Republicans Mary Gaits, John Weldon and Peter Perillo; and Working Families Party candidates Joseph Sokolovic, Jose Lopez and Khalid Muhammad.