Election Day is on Tuesday!

There are several competitive races for Mayor/Selectman. We will be looking at the city of Danbury, and the towns of Stratford, Milford, Newtown, Brookfield, and East Granby.

Let’s talk about a these key races, discussing the candidates and political dynamics of each town. The stakes couldn’t be higher!

Let’s Dive into Local Races!

Election Day is November 4th. Early Voting Starts on Monday October 20th. Let’s discuss the local races taking place in the state’s six largest cities: Bridgeport, Stamford, New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury and Norwalk.

21 Towns and Cities held local municipal primaries last night. Let’s go through some notable results, and see how some candidates did throughout the state.

Updated 8/29 – 18 of 21 Primaries Have Been Covered

Some towns in Connecticut will have Democratic and Republican primaries for local municipal offices ranging from mayor to board offices.

There will be no primary for mayoral nominations in Stamford, however there will be a Democratic primary on September 9th for the Stamford Board of Representatives in five districts. Some districts have an incumbent who did not receive the town endorsement and are challenging the endorsed slate.

Waterbury has no mayoral race this year. However, contested primaries in the Board of Aldermen and Board of Education on both sides have attracted attention. Republicans face internal infighting. Democrats have two groups the DTC and United Democrats of Waterbury facing off against one another.

Though solidly Democratic at the federal level. On the local level, disputes and infighting have been plentiful in the town of Bloomfield. Former Mayors Sydney Schulman and Suzette DeBeatham-Brown have led opposition to the town council on a variety of issues in public fashion.

Council President Dominique Baez easily won the Democratic Town Committee’s endorsement last Tuesday, positioning herself as the frontrunner for the September 9th primary. However, many of her competitors say they will garner signatures for the primary.

Since our last edition in February, there have been many retirements and announcements of runs for candidates across the state. With 169 municipalities to cover, I can’t cover everything at once, but I will try my best to get some notable ones out of the way.

In this three-part article series, I will explore various forms of town government, including representative town meetings versus open town meetings, mayor-council versus council-manager systems, and the intricacies of select boards. In our first part, we will start with the Town Meeting system.