Darien Election Results: Stevenson Announces McNally Has Won

DARIEN, CT — First Selectman Jayme Stevenson announced Tuesday evening Republican candidate Monica McNally has won out against Democratic candidate Tara Ochman in the race for Darien's new first selectman. Full vote totals had not been released as of midnight.

Stevenson announced the news on Twitter around 9 p.m.

"I’m thrilled to share...Madam First Selectman Monica McNally wins [the town of Darien] in a landslide," the tweet reads.

Patch has reached out to McNally and the Darien Republican Town Committee for confirmation.

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Stevenson announced this year she will not seek re-election. Ochman and McNally, as well as petitioning candidate Christian Noe, were all in the running for the position.

The Darien Times reports republican candidates appeared to have swept many of Darien's local races this year, as indicated by unofficial results from the Darien Republican Town Committee.

According to the Darien Times, Republican candidates Marcy Minnick and Jon Zagrodzky appeared to be in the lead for positions on the Board of Selectmen over Democratic candidates Sarah Neumann and Michael Burke.

Republicans Christa Sheehan McNamara, Joan Hendrickson and Kathleen Larkins all ran unopposed for the positions of town clerk, town treasurer and tax collector, respectively, and will each be elected to their positions.

Results had not be released in a number of other local races as of midnight, including the boards of education and finance, planning and zoning, constables and the town's non-partisan Representative Town Meeting.

Candidates for the Board of Finance are Republicans Paul Hendrickson, John Wolcott and Robert Cardone and Democrat David Martin.

Candidates for the Board of Education are Democrats Stacey Tié and Julie Best and Republicans David Brown and Tara Wurm. For the Board of Assessment Appeals, it's Democrat Glenn Ritch versus Republican Christopher Peters.

For the Planning and Zoning Commission, the candidates are Democrat Adam Balgach and Republicans James Rand and Stephen Olvany. Additionally, Republican candidate Geoffrey Ball is running to fill a vacancy on the commission for two years.

The candidates for constables are Republicans Alan Hyatt and Louis James Calastro.

District 1

In Voting District 1, candidates for the non-partisan Representative Town Meeting are: Luisa Brakman, Patti Finn Bumgardner, Patrick Keane, Colin Kelly, Derek Lublin, Karen McNicoll, Lois Schneider, Jenny Schwartz and Bert von Stuelpnagel.

District 2

In Voting District 2, candidates for the non-partisan Representative Town Meeting are: Vincent Arguimbau, William Cusack, Mia Handler, Susanne Handler, Jeffery Hudson, Jacqueline Miller and Iris Mix.

District 3

In Voting District 3, candidates for the non-partisan Representative Town Meeting are: Kari Cardone, Adele Conniff, Holly Giordano, Eric Golus, Elizabeth Lane, M. Carolina McGoey, Sue-Ellen Mitchell, Thomas Moore and Seth Morton.

District 4

In Voting District 4, candidates for the non-partisan Representative Town Meeting are: Martha Banks, Jim Cameron, Christine Castles, Dan Guller, Eric Kanigan, Frank Kemp, Joseph Miceli, Andrew Millar and Sandra Savage.

District 5

In Voting District 5, candidates for the non-partisan Representative Town Meeting are: Kenneth Fiveson, Christopher Noonan, Erin Noonan, James Patrick, Laura Pesce-Gray, Waddill Platt, Ann Reed and H. William Smith.

District 6

In Voting District 6, candidates for the non-partisan Representative Town Meeting are: Barry Baldwin, Mary Nevin Gauthier, Janet Grogan, Liza Lucas, Martha Luz, Sarah Madson, Peter Orphanos, Shannon Silsby, William Van Loan Jr. and Theresa Vogt.