FAIRFIELD, Conn. Fairfields Republicans held onto their control of the Representative Town Meeting Tuesday. The party won 27 of the 50 seats in Fairfields legislature. But Democrats swung 11 seats in their favor in the biennial election.
We have a lot of work ahead of us over the next two years, current Moderator Jeffrey Steele (R, 2) said to his fellow Republicans Tuesday. But I think we can continue on the success that weve had in the past.
The Republicans gained control of the RTM in 2009 with a 38-12 majority. This time around, Democrats shrank the GOPs lead down to just four votes. Republicans still won clean sweeps in Districts 1, 3 and 9, but Democrats gained a total of eight seats in the formerly all-Republican Districts 2, 4, 8 and 10. The Democratic Party also won all available spots in Districts 5, 6 and 7.
However, the results are not completely final yet. Margins in Districts 4, 6, 8 and 10 were close enough to trigger automatic recounts. The registrars will recheck the ballots in those four districts to make sure Tuesdays standings are correct.
Heres the list of the winning representatives in each of Fairfields 10 districts ("I indicates incumbent):
District 1: David Becker (R, I), Carolyn Richmond (R, I), Michael Herley (R, I), Eric Sundman (R,I), Gaylord Meyer (R);
District 2: Jeffrey Steele (R, I), Peter Ambrose (R, I), Keith Varian (R, I), Chad Stewart (R, I) John Mitola (D)
District 3: Edward Bateson (R, I), Mary McCullough (R, I), Thomas Conley (R, I), Hank Ference (R, I), David MacKenzie (R)
District 4: Joseph Palmer (R, I), Joseph DeMartino (R, I), Amy Mezoff (R), Heather Dean (D), Al Menillo (D)
District 5: Ruth Smey (D, I), Josh Garskof (D, I), Joseph Gall (D, I), Ann Stamler (D, I), Christopher McAleese (D, I)
District 6: Sheila Marmion (D, I), Christopher Brogan (D, I), Jay Wolk (D), Leonora Campbell (D), Julie Gottlieb (D)
District 7: Jennifer Hochberg (D, I), Hal Schwartz (D, I), Kevin Hoffkins (D, I), Marc Patten (D), Eric Newman (D)
District 8: Kathryn Braun (R, I), Thomas McCarthy (R, I), Dana Kery (R), Alan Marks (D), Jeff Stopa (D)
District 9: Joseph Felner (R, I), Carol Pontrelli (R), Nicholas Mirabile (R, I), William Domeika (R), Ellen Jacob (R)
District 10: Carol Way (R, I), Bruce Ryan (R), Leigh Hannum (D), Kenneth Lee (D), David Weber (D)
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