Middletown Election Results 2019: Vote Totals For All Races

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Democrat Ben Florsheim won Middletown’s mayoral race, defeating Republican Sebastian Giuliano in Tuesday's municipal election. Florsheim, a Wesleyan graduate who has spent the last five years working as an aide to U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, will succeed Mayor Dan Drew, who announced last year that he wouldn’t seek a fourth term in office.

Florsheim won by an unofficial vote of 5,845 to 5,428, according to the secretary of state's office. (See unofficial results from every race below).

Voters also approved the Open Space ballot question by a 7,303 to 2,019 vote.

(Original post) MIDDLETOWN, CT — The votes are now being counted as Middletown residents wait to see who will succeed Mayor Dan Drew, who announced last year that he wouldn’t seek a fourth term in office. Former Mayor Sebastian Giuliano, a Republican, is vying for the city’s top spot against Democrat Ben Florsheim and Valeka Clarke, who ran as a Write-In candidate

Additionally, seats on the common council, board of education, treasurer, board of assessment appeals and planning and zoning commission were all up for grabs. Residents also voted on a ballot question on open space and farm lands acquisition.

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For Common Council, residents voted for any eight candidates. The Democratic candidates were: Grady Faulkner Jr., Bobbye Knoll Peterson, Gene Nocera, Darnell Ford, Jeanette White, Edward McKeon, Meghan R. Carta and Vincent J. Loffredo. The Republican candidates were: Philip Pessina, Tony Gennaro, Linda Salafia, Jon Pulino, Ed Ford Jr., Hope P. Kasper, Mike Marino and Matthew L. Scarrozzo.

For Board of Education, residents voted for any five candidates. The Democratic candidates were Delita Rose-Daniels, Anita Dempsey-White, Deborah Cain, Sanji Lawrence and Justin Taylor. The Republican candidates were Dina Ford, Scott Wilcox, George Souto, Laura Krayeski and Tami J. Kapacziewski.

The candidates for Treasurer were Democrat Steven Kovach and Kapacziewski.

For Board of Assessment Appeals, residents voted for any two candidates. The Democratic candidates were John Killian and Kathy Adams. The Republican candidates were Vinny Szynkowicz and Leslie Spatola.

For Planning and Zoning Commission, residents voted for any four candidates. The Democratic candidates were Elizabeth Emery, Catherine Johnson, Thomas Pattavina and Richard Pelletier. The Republican candidates were Molly Salafia, Christopher J. Sugar, James M. O’Connell and Marcus Fazzino.

Residents also voted for any two Planning and Zoning Alternate candidates. The Democratic candidates were Kellin Atherton and Shanay Fulton. The Republican candidates were John Sloan and Kenneth McClellan.

Residents voted on the following ballot question:

“Shall the $5,000,000 appropriation and bond authorization for the acquisition of land and interests therein to preserve open space and farm lands in the City of Middletown, pursuant to the ordinance adopted by the Common Council on August 5, 2019, be approved? YES NO”

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