Wallingford Election 2017 Results: Vote Totals For All Races

WALLINGFORD, CT —Longtime incumbent Republican Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr. won an 18th consecutive term by defeating Democratic challenger Jared Liu in Tuesday's municipal election. Dickinson won by a vote of 5,882 to 4,223, according to the Secretary of State's Office.

The referendum vote on changes to the town charter was approved by a 5,291-3,245 vote. Republicans maintained control of the Town Council with a 6-3 advantage. Democrats picked up one council seat with Gina Morgenstein finishing as one of the top nine vote-getters and incumbent unaffiliated councilman John Sullivan, who ran as a Petitioning Candidate, losing his seat.

Democrat Vincent Testa Jr. was the top vote-getter for Town Council with 5,875 votes and was followed by Republican Craig Fishbein with 5,744 votes, Democrat Jason Zandri with 5,661 votes, Republican Chris Shortell with 5,390 votes, Republican Vincent Cervoni with 5,343 votes, Republican John LeTourneau with 5,111 votes, Republican Tom Laffin with 5,029 votes, Democrat Gina Morgenstein with 4,848 votes, Republican Joe Marrone with 4,724 votes, Democrat Jesse Reynolds with 4,066 votes, Democrat James D. Hine II with 3,846 votes, Democrat Bruce Conroy with 3,529 votes, Petitioning Candidate John J. Sullivan with 3,459 votes and Democrat Darrell Stancuna with 3,161 votes.

Democrat Patty Pursell was the top vote-getter for the Board of Education with 5,741 votes and was followed by Democrat Michael J. Votto with 5,081 votes, Republican Karen Hlavac with 5,068 votes, Republican Ray Ross with 5,067 votes, Republican Roxanne McKay with 4,989 votes, Democrat Patrick Reynolds with 4,975 votes, Democrat Kathy Castelli with 4,934 votes, Republican Erin Corso with 4,809 votes, Democrat Tammy Raccio with 4,499 votes, Democrat Bryan Rivard with 4,330 votes, Democrat Nicholas D'Agostino with 4,192 votes, Republican Louis Czerwinski with 4,111 votes, and Republican Shauna Glidden with 4,093 votes.

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WALLINGFORD, CT — On Nov. 7, Wallingford residents will hit the polls and vote for several local positions, including mayor, town council and board of education, along with a ballot question on charter revision. In the race for mayor, Democrat Jared Liu is making his first political run after years of volunteering on campaigns and is challenging longtime Republican Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr., who has been mayor since 1984.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Here is a breakdown of what you need to know.

Mayor

• Jared Liu (D)
• William Dickinson (R)

Town Council (Vote for up to any nine)

• Jesse Reynolds, Bruce Conroy, Gina Morgenstein, Jason Zandri, James D. Hine II, Darrell Stancuna (D)
• Joe Marrone, Chris Shortell, John LeTourneau, Vincent Cervoni, Tom Laffin, Craig Fishbein (R)
• John J. Sullivan (Petitioning candidate)

Board of Education (Vote for up to any nine)

• Bryan Rivard, Kathy Castelli, Michael J. Votto, Tammy Raccio, Patrick Reynolds, Nicholas D’Agostino, Patty Pursell (D)
• Ray Ross, Roxanne McKay, Erin Corso, Karen Hlavac, Shauna Glidden, Louis Czerwinski (R)

Residents will also be asked to vote Yes or No on the following question:

“Shall the revisions to the Wallingford Town Charter recommended by the Charter Revision Commission, and approved by the Wallingford Town Council on June 27, 2017, be adopted?

In order to pass, the referendum question needs at least 51 percent of the votes to be in favor of the revisions. For the explanatory text of the proposed revisions, click here.

The full document with all of the approved changes can be found here.

To view a sample ballot, click here.

Am I Registered?

If you do not know if you are registered to vote, you can click here. Applications must be postmarked or received by a voter registration agency by the 7th day before an election, which is Oct. 31. However, if you miss the deadline for registering for an election, Connecticut now offers same-day voter registration. You can register and vote in person on Election Day at your town's Election Day Registration location. You can contact your local registrars of voters for information.

Where do I vote?

If you want to know where to vote on Election Day, click this link which is from the CT Secretary of State’s Office. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Absentee Ballots

You can vote by absentee due to the following reasons:

• Illness or physical disability
• Absence from town during all election hours
• Religious beliefs forbidding secular activity on election day
• Serving as an election official at a polling place other than your own
• Active service in the Armed Forces

Absentee ballots should be submitted to the Town Clerk's office. You can fill out an application by clicking on the link below.

• Election, Primary, Referendum Absentee Ballot Application