Politics & Government
Meet The Candidates: Fairfield Representative Town Meeting
Election Day is just around the corner. Meet the 75 candidates running for Fairfield's legislative body, including those in your district.
FAIRFIELD, CT — It's election season in Fairfield, and Patch is here to help you get to know the candidates running for local office in 2021 before heading to the polls Nov. 2.
Below is a list of all the candidates seeking election to the Representative Town Meeting. To read more about a candidate, click on his or her name to view a questionnaire completed by the candidate and submitted to Patch.
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RTM (vote for up to four per district)
DISTRICT 1
- Ashby Dodge (Democrat)
- Amy Ruggiero (Republican)
- Sunila Fadl (Democrat)
- Amy O'Shea (Republican)
- Elliott Langerman (Democrat)
- Veronica Monahan (Republican)
- Philip J. Dwyer (Democrat)
- Edward J. Bateson (Republican)
DISTRICT 2
- Hal Schwartz (Democrat)
- Jarrett H. Crosby (Republican)
- Cindy Perham (Democrat)
- Lori McArthur (Republican)
- Erin Lopez (Democrat)
- Karen McCormack (Republican)
- William Gerber (Democrat)
- Jeff Steele (Republican)
DISTRICT 3
- Tom Lambert (Democrat)
- Cathy Politi (Republican)
- Scott Nickel (Democrat)
- Alex Durrell (Republican)
- Jeff Galdenzi (Democrat)
- Michael J. O'Hara (Republican)
- Sharon Pistilli (Democrat)
- Michael E. DiGiacomo (Republican)
DISTRICT 4
- Elizabeth Zezima (Democrat)
- Suzanne Cox-Testani (Republican)
- Alice Kelly (Democrat)
- Laura Karson (Democrat)
- Marcy Spolyar (Democrat)
DISTRICT 5
- Jay Wolk (Democrat)
- Gwynne Magness Alperovich (Republican)
- Will Diaz (Democrat)
- Josh Garskof (Democrat)
- Joseph Siebert (Democrat)
DISTRICT 6
- Lisa Havey (Democrat)
- Tameisha Powell-Dunmore (Republican)
- Steve Berecz (Democrat)
- Nina Velez (Republican)
- Neil Parzych (Democrat)
- Hannah Gale (Republican)
- Andrew Graceffa (Democrat)
- Janice Bouloubasis (Republican)
DISTRICT 7
- Mark A. McDermott (Democrat)
- Susan O'Neill (Republican)
- John Kuhn (Democrat)
- David G. Bothwell (Republican)
- Karen P. Wackerman (Democrat)
- Thomas McCarthy (Republican)
- Jill Vergara (Democrat)
- Alex J. Plitsas (Republican)
DISTRICT 8
- Rip Littig (Democrat)
- Peter Tallman (Republican)
- Kerry Berchem (Democrat)
- Pamela Iacono (Republican)
- William (Liam) Burke (Democrat)
- Christine Messina (Republican)
- Nhi Tran (Democrat)
- Francis (Hank) Ference (Republican)
DISTRICT 9
- Christine Brown (Democrat)
- Bill Perugini (Republican)
- James Edwin Bowen Jr. (Petitioning)
- Dru Georgiadis (Democrat)
- Kelly Scinto (Republican)
- Margaret Horton (Democrat)
- Crissy Kelly (Republican)
- Debby Zieff (Democrat)
- Sarah Matthews (Republican)
DISTRICT 10
- Pierre Ratzki (Democrat)
- Stori Tallman (Republican)
- Matthew Ambrose (Democrat)
- Frank W. Petise (Republican)
- Greg Alprin (Democrat)
- Peter Britton (Republican)
- Kevin J. Lennon (Democrat)
- Kenneth Astarita (Republican)
Candidates whose names are not linked to a questionnaire did not submit a completed form to Patch.
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