Politics & Government
Danbury Election Results 2025: Vote Totals For Every Race
Here are the vote totals for every candidate that ran in the Danbury local elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

DANBURY, CT — Danbury residents have reelected Democrat and Working Families incumbent Roberto Alves to be their mayor, as he defeated Republican challenger Emile Buzaid on Election Night.
Here are the vote totals for every local race, as shared by the Connecticut Secretary of State's Office as of Wednesday morning:
Mayor
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- (D) Roberto L Alves: 7,443, 59.06%
- (R) Emile G Buzaid: 4,844, 38.44%
- (WF) Roberto L Alves: 316, 2.51%
Treasurer
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- (D) Daniel P Jowdy: 7,607, 62.70%
- (R) Warren M Levy: 4,525, 37.30%
Town Clerk
- (D) Laurie A Esposito: 6,888, 56.54%
- (R) Theresa Buzaid: 4,913, 40.33%
- (WF) Laurie A Esposito: 382, 3.14%
Councilmen at Large
- (D) Cheryl Wallace Smith: 6,131, 7.75%
- (D) Mike Flanagan: 6,137, 7.76%
- (D) Ryan Hawley: 6,107, 7.72%
- (D) Eva Aveiga: 5,879, 7.43%
- (D) Diane LaPine: 6,108, 7.72%
- (D) Gary Simone: 6,207, 7.84%
- (D) Barry Rickert: 6,152, 7.77%
- (R) Michael E Henry: 4,951, 6.26%
- (R) Robert C Melillo: 4,896, 6.19%
- (R) Jason 'Jay' Eriquez: 4,896, 6.19%
- (R) Candace Fay: 5,150, 6.51%
- (R) Deborah 'Debbie' Rizzo: 4,924, 6.22%
- (R) Michael J Coelho: 5,138, 6.49%
- (R) Sean Marcus: 4,765, 6.02%
- (WF) Cheryl Wallace Smith: 285, 0.36%
- (WF) Mike Flanagan: 355, 0.45%
- (WF) Ryan Hawley: 363, 0.46%
- (WF) Eva Aveiga: 330, 0.42%
- (WF) Diane LaPine: 355, 0.45%
Council Ward 1
- (D) Dennis R. Perkins Jr: 1,129, 28.52%
- (D) Mia Spain Reichl: 976, 24.65%
- (R) Michael J Masi: 876, 22.13%
- (R) Irving Matthew Fox: 894, 22.58%
- (WF) Mia Spain Reichl: 84, 2.12%
Council Ward 2
- (D) John Laughinghouse 886, 25.23%
- (D) Holly Robinson: 921, 26.23%
- (R) Elmer Palma: 894, 25.46%
- (R) Juan Rivas: 764, 21.76%
- (WF) Holly Robinson: 46, 1.31%
Council Ward 3
- (D) Peter Buzaid: 1,215, 27.56%
- (D) Frank R Salvatore Jr: 1,190, 26.99%
- (R) Brenda Santopolo Hefferon: 1,006, 22.82%
- (R) Ralph Merlo: 938, 21.27%
- (WF) Frank R Salvatore Jr: 60, 1.36%
Council Ward 4
- (D) Joseph W. Britton: 784, 30.32%
- (D) T. William McAllister: 810, 31.32%
- (R) Michael J Esposito: 502, 19.41%
- (R) Anthony P Rongetti: 445, 17.21%
- (WF) Joseph W. Britton: 45, 1.74%
Council Ward 5
- (D) Andrea Gartner: 724, 29.81%
- (D) Duane E Perkins: 768, 31.62%
- (R) Adam Horosky: 432, 17.79%
- (R) Anthony Bruno: 434, 17.87%
- (WF) Andrea Gartner: 53, 2.18%
- (I) Anthony Bruno: 18, 0.74%
Council Ward 6
- (D) Paul Rotello: 991, 30.57%
- (D) Benjamin Chianese: 995, 30.69%
- (R) Andrew R Wetmore: 623, 19.22%
- (R) Phil Curran: 610, 18.82%
- (I) Paul Rotello: 23, 0.71%
Council Ward 7
- (D) Claire Jabbour: 895, 29.50%
- (D) Lou Giordano: 839, 27.65%
- (R) Jeffrey Berlant: 598, 19.71%
- (R) Albert A Russo: 660, 21.75%
- (WF) Lou Giordano: 42, 1.38%
Board of Education Full Term Five to be Elected, Not More Than Three from One Party
- (D) Lea Agbomson: 5,757, 10.42%
- (D) Shaun Ratchford: 6,679, 12.09%
- (D) Luisa Zagottis-Britton: 5,640, 10.21%
- (D) Al Almeida: 5,825, 10.54%
- (D) Mini Santosh: 5,459, 9.88%
- (R) Cyndi Henry: 5,042, 9.12%
- (R) J. Antony Borges: 4,791, 8.67%
- (R) Cameron M Coe: 4,912, 8.89%
- (R) Sherry LeBlanc: 4,910, 8.88%
- (R) Christopher C. Garitee: 4,529, 8.20%
- (WF) Luisa Zagottis-Britton: 444, 0.80%
- (WF) Al Almeida: 541, 0.98%
- (WF) Mini Santosh: 502, 0.91%
- (I) Cyndi Henry: 233, 0.42%
Board of Education To Fill Vacancy for Two Years
- (D) Rich Jannelli: 6,337, 55.27%
- (R) July C Miliano: 4,895, 42.69%
- (I) July C Miliano: 234, 2.04%
Zoning Commission
- (D) Richard Jowdy: 6,748, 7.23%
- (D) Jen O'Neill: 6,048, 6.48%
- (D) Sidney Nazario: 5,784, 6.20%
- (D) Henry Hall: 5,602, 6.00%
- (D) Bianca Ogando: 5,692, 6.10%
- (D) Theodore J Haddad Jr: 6,041, 6.47%
- (D) Michelle James: 6,135, 6.57%
- (D) Sonia Passos Havasi: 5,693, 6.10%
- (D) Gustavo Fuchs: 5,983, 6.41%
- (R) Thomas A Nejame: 4,888, 5.24%
- (R) Michelina 'Michele' Palanzo: 4,842, 5.19%
- (R) Tom Giegler: 4,832, 5.18%
- (R) Bill 'Mr Morning' Trotta: 4,928, 5.28%
- (R) Bruce Bennett: 5,066, 5.43%
- (R) Robert 'Bob' Botelho: 4,852, 5.20%
- (R) Milan David: 4,607, 4.94%
- (R) William 'Billy' Katzing: 4,854, 5.20%
- (WF) Henry Hall: 328, 0.35%
- (WF) Theodore J Haddad Jr: 421, 0.45%
Zoning Commission Alternates
- (D) Elvis Novas: 5,702, 17.56%
- (D) Alexis Villacres: 5,796, 17.85%
- (D) George O'Loughlin: 6,039, 18.60%
- (R) Neil Palanzo: 4,886, 15.05%
- (R) Caron A Nejame: 5,041, 15.52%
- (R) David Pinckney: 4,680, 14.41%
- (WF) Elvis Novas: 327, 1.01%
Constables
- (D) Scott Britton: 6,056, 18.58%
- (D) John Gogliettino: 6,064, 18.61%
- (D) Silvia Merlim: 5,879, 18.04%
- (R) Paul McAllister: 4,934, 15.14%
- (R) Michael Safranek: 4,774, 14.65%
- (R) Louise P McMahon: 4,883, 14.98%
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