Politics & Government

West Hartford Election Results 2019: Winners Revealed

West Hartford residents went to the polls to vote for candidates for town council and Board of Education.

Republican town council candidate Rick Bush and Deputy Mayor Beth Kerrigan.
Republican town council candidate Rick Bush and Deputy Mayor Beth Kerrigan. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The votes have been counted in West Hartford, and unofficial totals have been sent to the office of the Secretary of the Statte.

Mayor Shari Cantor and Deputy Mayor Beth Kerrigan were among five incumbent Democrats seeking re-election to the town council. Democratic Board of Education chair Carol Blanks also sought a council seat. On the Republican side, incumbents Mary Fay and Chris Williams were joined on the ballot by challengers Lee Gold, Rick Bush and Al Cortes. Janee Patrice Woods-Weber also sought a council seat on behalf of the Working Families party.

The unofficial vote totals were:

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  • Cantor, 9,904
  • Kerrigan, 8,727
  • Davidoff, 8,434
  • Sweeney, 8,378
  • Wenograd, 8,310
  • Blanks, 7,635
  • Gold, 5,004
  • Fay,4,747
  • Williams, 4,687
  • Bush, 4,580
  • Cortes, 3,943
  • Woods-Weber, 2,343

Candidates for full term spots on the Board of Education were incumbent Republican Mark Zydanowicz, and Democratic challengers Ari Steinberg and Sean Passan. Their vote totals were:

  • Passan, 9,241
  • Steinberg, 9,167
  • Zydanowicz, 5,124

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