Politics & Government
Naugatuck Election Results 2021: Republicans Take Power
Thousands of Naugatuck residents cast votes Tuesday in the 2021 municipal election.
NAUGATUCK, CT — While Democratic Mayor Pete Hess, who ran unopposed, won a fourth term, Republicans solidified power Tuesday by winning a majority of Burgess seats and Board of Education posts, reported Citizen's News.
For Burgess, the unofficial winning candidates were (in bold):
Republicans - Robert Neth; Jan J. Mizeski; Dorothy Neth-Kunin; Meghan Smith; George A. Murdry V; and Michael Bronko
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Democrats - Charles P. Marenghi; Rocky Vitale; Fran Dambowsky; James A. Higgins; Francis Santana; and Shagufta Zahid
On the Board of Education, the unofficial winning candidates were (in bold):
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Republicans - Diana V. Malone; Alicia Makowski; Aaron McCool; Jeffrey Like; Marilyn O’Donnell
Democrats - Ethel S. Grant; Jason “Jay” Celozzi; Cara Martini Munro; James M. Scully; Karen Vassell-Campbell
Independent (write-in candidate) - Jolee Dinho-Guerreiro
"Republicans sweep the board!!" the Naugatuck Republican Town Committee wrote on Facebook. "Congratulations to all our Republican candidates who prevailed tonight! Now it's time to get to work! #GoGOP #republicans"
Unofficial results from the Secretary of State's office were delayed Wednesday due to a glitch in displaying the numbers:
The election night reporting system has a technical issue affecting the display of results, but all of the results are tallied and entered into the election night reporting system locally. (1/3)
— Denise Merrill (@SOTSMerrill) November 3, 2021
Also essentially unopposed were the three candidates for the Planning Commission — Democrats Raymond Krzykowski and Gary Hughes, and Republican Richard O’Donnell — because voters were asked to cast ballots for up to three.
For Bailiffs, the Democratic candidates were: Michael Kuczenski; Sally Cyr; Michael Allison; and Floyd Traver. They were opposed by the Republicans, Steven Loban; Daniel J. Renzoni; Seth Bronko; and Kristie Pistarelli.
On the Zoning Commission, Democrats Tom Kiernan and Wayne M. Malicki ran against Republicans Attila “AJ” Bordas and Eileen Bronko.
For the position of Tax Collector, Democrat Jim Goggin, the incumbent, sought re-election versus Republican Helen Northrup.
As for Treasurer, Democrat Carl Herb faced off against Republican Judy Anderson.
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