Going into the election, there were 58 seats open, with 40 incumbent members of the RTM applying for re-election. Another 11 people applied to be write-in candidates before the election.
District 3 was the only one of Darien’s six districts that had a contested race, with 10 candidates looking to fill seven open seats. All 10 were incumbent members of the RTM, and seven of them had been moved to District 3 when the town’s district lines were adjusted in the fall. Ultimately, former District 1 representatives Jose Cepeda with 522 votes, David Kahn with 558 votes and Robert Kernan with 587 votes were defeated in the election.
Elected to District 1 were Diane Conologue, W. Shedd Glassmeyer, Noelle Henderson and John van der Kieft. Conologue was formerly a representative for District 6 and van der Kieft was a representative for District 5. There are still six empty seats in District 1.
Elected to District 2 were incumbents Elisabeth Bacon, Sumathi Ebrahimi, Anne Finn, James Howe, Spencer McIlmurray, Helen Miller, Cecelia Mundt, Sarah Seelye, Barbara Thorne and Marc Thorne. Also elected were write-in candidates Kate Keith, Carol Matton, Monica McNally and Kathleen Synnott. All of District 2’s seats are now filled.
Elected to District 3 were Robert Cardone, Jack Davis, Robert George, Cassandra Hegarty, Dennis Maroney, Stephen Olvany and Holly Schulz-Amatruda. Hegarty and Schulz-Amatruda were formerly representatives for District 1, while Davis and George were representatives for District 5.
Elected to District 4 were incumbents Joan Davis, Brian Rayhill, Anita Rycenga and Carolyn Schoonmaker, along with write-ins Phyllis Hawkins and Courtney Haidinger. There is still one empty seat left in District 4.
Elected to District 5 were incumbents Mark Adiletta, John Boulton, R. Ellyn Coyne, Terrence Duffy, Dana Fead, Joanne Hennessy and Cheryl Russell, as well as write-ins Harry McLachlin, Derek Lublin and Laura Mosher. Coyne, Duffy and Fead were formerly representatives of District 3. All seats in District 5 are now filled.
Elected to District 6 were incumbents Frank Adelman, Janet Grogan, Edgar Hawkins, John McLean and Richard Poli, as well as write-ins Beth Cherico and William Ball. There are still three seats empty in District 6.
The RTM will have its first meeting Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. to swear in new members and elect a new moderator.
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