Milford Election 2017 Results: Vote Totals For All Races

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

MILFORD, CT – Incumbent Democratic Mayor Benjamin Blake cruised to victory Tuesday night. The unopposed Blake garnered 7,769 votes. In the race for Town Clerk, Republican Joanne Lasse Rohrig with 5,179 votes topped Democrat Kim Rose with 4,930.

It was a big night for local Milford Democrats as they swept more contested races and now have large majorities on the Boards of Aldermen, Education and Planning and Zoning. Democrats now have a 9 to 6 majority on the Board of Aldermen and a 9 to 1 majority on the Board of Education.

In other races, in the District 1 aldermanic race the top vote getter was Republican Anthony Giannattasio with 1,130 votes; then came Democrat Ellen Beatty with 1,117 votes, followed by Republican James Tranquilli, Jr. with 1,113. Rounding out the field was Democrat Nija Phelps with 948 votes.

In District 2, Democrat Nick Veccharelli was the top vote getter, with 1,136. He was followed by fellow Democrat Janet Golden, who had 1,121. Republican Jeremy Grant had 984 votes and Republican Tommy Rupich had 796.

In District 3, Democrat Frank Smith top the vote totals with 1,170; fellow Democrat Marty Hardiman polled 1,153. Republican Connie Gaynor polled 967 votes; Michael Casey got 921.

In District 4, Democrat Phil Vetro got 1,302 votes and fellow Democrat Tony Sutton got 1,197; Republican Dan German got 1,077 and fellow Republican John Drapp got 841.

In District 5, Democrat Karen Fortunati got 1,263, Democrat Bryan Anderson 1,216 and Democrat Dominic Cotton 1,173; Republican Raymond Vitali got 1,080 and fellow Republican Bill Bevan got 992.

For Board of Education, in District 1, the top vote getter was Scott Firmender with 1,009. Next was Democrat Ray Arnold with 1,000; then Republican Walter Hagedorn with 945 and Democrat Desi Tango with 913.

In District 2, top vote getter was Democrat Susan Glennon with 1,109, followed by fellow Democrat Jennifer Federico with 1,051. Republican Frank Musante polled 757, followed by Republican Mark Macchio with 721.

In District 3, Erin Pinsince with 1,049 votes was tops, followed by fellow Democrat Warren Pawlowski with 929 votes. Republican Susan Krushinsky polled 887, followed by fellow Republican Thomas Jagodzinski with 822.

In District 4, Democrat Rita Hennessy with 1,130 votes was tops, followed by fellow Democrat Craig Zentkovich with 984. Republican Win Smith got 936 votes and fellow Republican Katie Martino got 809.

In District 5, Claire Casey with 1,329 votes was tops, followed by Adam De Young with 1,152; Republican William Farrell got 902 and fellow Republican Patrick Tokarz got 796.

For Planning and Zoning, in District 1 Democrat Peg Kearney with 1,008 votes beat Republican Thomas Nichol, who got 961; in District 2 Democrat Denise Doucette-Ginise ran unopposed, getting 1,321 votes; in District 3 Democrat Jim Quish with 1,132 votes beat Republican Peter Berube with 748 votes; in District 4 Democrat Brian Kaligian with 1,127 beat Republican Richard Goulart’s 808; in District 5 Democrat Carl Moore’s 1,181 beat Edward Mead’s 964.

There were also a race to fill a vacancy term not he Planning and Zoning board in District 3, where Democrat Robert Satti with 1,061 votes beat Republican Rick Varrone’s 823.

Nancy Austin ran unopposed, winning 1,486 votes as a Democrat to fill a vacancy P&Z slot in District 4.

For constables, the four Democrats were the top vote getters: Linda Hardiman,, 5,660, Brendan Casey 5,548, Ted Boynton 5,531 and Matthew Zancewicz 4,736. The Republicans were Shirley Serran 4,338, Steven Visconti 4,072, George Marshall 3,931 and Patrick Tokarz 3,635.