Recount Results Announced In Stratford Town Council Race

STRATFORD, CT — The makeup of the Stratford Town Council will indeed be evenly split at 5-5 between Democrats and Republicans following a recount in the race for the District 6 seat.

The Connecticut Post reports Tuesday’s automatic recount confirmed that Republican Kerry Whitham defeated Democrat Philip Young by 11 votes, 485 to 474.

Republican Mayor Laura Hoydick will be the potential tie-breaking vote in any deadlocks with the council over the next two years, according to the Post.

Democrats picked up a seat from the Republican’s 6-4 majority on the current council.

In addition to Whitman, Republicans Thomas "Bryan" O'Connor, Carl Glad, Alan Llewelyn and Paul Aurelia won their district races.

Democrats Christopher Green, Alvin O'Neal, Rene M Gibson, Anthony Afriyie, and Kaitlyn Shake won their respective races.

Shake, who was moved from the 2nd District to the 7th District in a controversial redistricting plan, defeated Republican incumbent Jean-Marie Sutton by a vote of 798 to 576, according to unofficial results from the Secretary of the State’s Office.