Westport Election 2017: Full Election Results

WESTPORT, CT — First Selectman Jim Marpe has officially won re-election against Democrat challenger Melissa Kane. Marpe and selectman candidate Jennifer Tooker garnered 4,187 votes to Kane and selectman candidate Rob Simmelkjaer's 3,735. Petitioning candidate John Suggs nad Timothy Elgin got 430 and 28 votes respectively.

First Selectman

• Melissa Kane and Rob Simmelkjaer (D): 3,735 (44.57%)
• Jim Marpe and Jennifer Tooker (R): 4,187 (49.96%)
• John Suggs: 430
• Timothy Elgin: 28

Board of Finance

• Lee Caney (D): 4,368 (25.03%)
• Brian Stern (D): 4,552 (26.09%)
• Andrew Lawrence Moore (R): 4,402 (25.23%)
• Vik Muktavaram (R): 4,128 (23.66%)

The following are thee candidates in some races in town. To view all candidates and a sample ballot, click here. RTM votes will depend on the voter's district

First Selectman and selectman (vote for one):

• Melissa Kane and Rob Simmeljaer (D)
• Jim Marpe and Jennifer Tooker (R)
• John Suggs (petitioning)
• Timothy Elgin (petitioning)

Board of Finance (vote for up to three)

• Lee Caney (D)
• Brian Stern (D)
• Andrea Lawrence Moore (R)
• Vik Muktavaram (R)

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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

From the Town of Westport:

Westport Town Clerk Patricia Strauss announced today that the Town Clerk’s office will be open for absentee voting this Saturday, November 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. These special office hours are scheduled to accommodate voters applying for an ABSENTEE BALLOT to vote in the MUNICIPAL ELECTION to be held November 7, 2017.

Absentee ballots are available at the Town Clerk’s office daily, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. They will be available through Monday, November 6, until 4:30 p.m. Ballots must be returned to the Town Clerk’s office no later than 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7, when the polls officially close.

Registered electors may qualify to vote by absentee ballot for the following reasons:

- Active service in the armed forces of the United States;

- Illness or physical disability;

- Religious tenets, which forbid secular activity on the day of the election;

- Duties as an election official at the polling place other than their own during all of the hours of voting.

- Absence from the town during all of the hours of voting.

The Town Clerk’s office is located in Room 105, Westport Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Ave.

Applications for absentee ballots can be downloaded from the town website www.westportct.gov.