2019 Darien Election Results: First Selectman Stevenson Wins Big

DARIEN, CT — UPDATE: Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson easily won re-election in her race against petitioning candidate challenger Chris Noe, according to unofficial numbers from the Secretary of State's office.

Stevenson garnered better than 90 percent of the vote, and she will be joined on the Board of Selectmen by fellow Republicans Christa Sheehan McNamara and Charles "Kip" Koons, who also won on Tuesday.

Republicans James R. Palen Jr. and Taylor W. Carter also won the two available seats on the Board of Finance, as did Republicans John R. Sini Jr. and D. Jill McCammon for the two available seats on the Board of Education.

In the two contested district races on the nonpartisan Representative Town Meeting, the winners are the following (winners are in bold):

District 3
Francisco Cardona
Adele M. Conniff
Holly M. Giordano
Eric D. Golus
Catherine Kazim-Bailey
Elizabeth B. Lane
M. Carolina McGoey
Sue-Ellen H. Mitchell
Thomas W. Moore
Seth W. Morton
Jennifer Woodbury

District 4
Martha Banks
A. James Cameron
Christine A. Castles
Werner Domittner
Frank B. Kemp
Joseph D. Miceli
Andrew C. Millar
Margaret A. Rague
Sandra A. Savage

Patch will continue to update Darien's election results. Check back for more details.

Original story: The votes are now being counted as Darien residents wait to see if incumbent Republican Jayme Stevenson was re-elected to a fourth term, of if she was defeated by petitioning candidate Chris Noe. Additionally, several other positions were up for grabs, including seats on the Board of Selectmen, seats on the Board of Finance and Board of Education and the nonpartisan Representative Town Meeting.

Polls closed at 8 p.m., but voters who were in line before 8 p.m. were able to vote even after the deadline passed.

In Darien this year, several candidates ran unopposed for positions, they are the following: Caryn L. Diller, Republican, for Town Clerk; Joan D. Hendrickson, Republican, for Town Treasurer; Kathleen M. Larkins, Republican, for Tax Collector; Richard Dolcetti, Republican, for Board of Assessment Appeals; and Alan Hyatt and Louis Calastro, both Republicans, for Constable.

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For the Board of Selectmen, four candidates ran for two seats, Democrats Sarah Neumann and David Martin versus Republicans Christa Sheehan McNamara and Charles "Kip" Koons.

On the Board of Finance, Democrat Daniel J. Bumgardner ran against Republicans James R. Palen Jr. and Taylor W. Carter for two available seats.

For the two available seats on the Board of Education, Democrat Tara B. Ochman ran against Republicans John R. Sini Jr. and D. Jill McCammon.

As for the Planning and Zoning Commission, three candidates ran for two seats, Democrat George A. Reilly and Republicans Cara Gately and Lawrence T. Warble Jr.

On the 100-member Representative Town Meeting, 57 seats were up for grabs this year in the town's six districts. The nonpartisan candidates were:

District 1 (All will be elected)

Luisa A. Brakman

Patricia F. Bumgardner

Curtis A. Butler

Patrick M. Keane

Colin J. Kelly

Derek Lublin

Karen McNicoll

Bradley Pattelli

Lois J. Schneider

Jennifer A. Schwartz

Bert H. von Stuelpnagel

District 2 (All will be elected)

William Cusack

Marie A. Handler

Monica M. McNally

Iris B. Mix

Stacey Tie

District 3

Francisco Cardona

Adele M. Conniff

Holly M. Giordano

Eric D. Golus

Catherine Kazim-Bailey

Elizabeth B. Lane

M. Carolina McGoey

Sue-Ellen H. Mitchell

Thomas W. Moore

Seth W. Morton

Jennifer Woodbury

District 4

Martha Banks

A. James Cameron

Christine A. Castles

Werner Domittner

Frank B. Kemp

Joseph D. Miceli

Andrew C. Millar

Margaret A. Rague

Sandra A. Savage

District 5 (All will be elected)

Carolyn Golden Bayne

Terrence Jr. Duffy Jr.

Kenneth A. Fiveson Jr.

Jennifer M. Moller

Sara D. Parent

James M. Patrick

Ann B. Reed

H. William Smith III

District 6 (All will be elected)

Barry R. Baldwin

Amy R. Chickles

Virginia S. Jijon-Caamano

Elizabeth Lucas

Martha Caroline Luz

Emily Q. McDermott

Peter P. Orphanos

Shannon Silsby

William R. Van Loan Jr.

Theresa Vogt