Fairfield Election Results 2023: Gerber Narrowly Ahead Of Kupchick

FAIRFIELD, CT — Democrat Bill Gerber, a member of the Representative Town Meeting, was the projected winner Tuesday night as Fairfield's new First Selectman, in an upset over incumbent Republican Brenda Kupchick, according to the Connecticut Democratic Party.

But that was before absentee and same-day registration votes had been counted by hand.

As of 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Gerber held a narrow lead over Kupchick, but the unofficial tally had not yet been reported on the Secretary of State's website.

Earlier in the evening, Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie, reported that Kupchick appeared to have lost by about 200 votes, but again, that was before the hand count.

The Fairfield Citizen reported that the race was too close to call, with Gerber leading by less than 50 votes, an amount small enough to possibly trigger a recount.

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First Selectman (Winner in bold)

Democrat: Bill Gerber

Republican: Brenda Kupchick

Selectman (Winner in bold)

Democrat: Christine Vitale

Republican: Brian Farnen

Board of Finance (Winners in bold)

Democrats: John Mitola, Kevin Starke

Republicans: Amy Ruggiero, Jim Meyers

Board of Education (Winners in bold)

Democrats: David Krasnoff, Jennifer Maxon Kennelly, Kathryn Flynn

Republicans: Jackie Bardenwerper, Jason Li, Tracey M. Rinaldi

Board of Assessment Appeals (Winner in bold)

Democrat: Peter J. Rupert

Republican: Helene Daly

Town Plan and Zoning Commission (Winners in bold)

Democrats: Jeff Randolph, Tom Corsillo

Republicans: Gerald Alessi, Kathryn Braun

Town Plan and Zoning Commission (Winner in bold)

Democrat: Jeff Galdenzi

Republican: Alexis P. Harrison

Town Plan and Zoning Commission Alternates (Winners in bold)

Democrats: Joseph Siebert, Jeanine Pocoski

Republicans: Peter Collins, David A. Weiss

Zoning Board of Appeals (Winners in bold)

Democrats: Jane Gitlin Nishball, Joseph Schwartz

Republicans: Terry Keegan, Katie O'Grady

Zoning Board of Appeals (Winner in bold)

Democrat: Christine Hogan

Republican: Kevin S. Coyne

Constables (Winners in bold)

Democrats: Charlene Sabia-Lebo, Jay Wolk, Kevin W. Flynn, Ruth Smey

Republicans: Michael D. Herley, Bill Perugini, Joe Peddle, Roger V. Autuori

Town Clerk (Winner in bold)

Republican: Betsy P. Browne

Representative Town Meeting (Winners in bold)

District 1

Democrats: Kevin J. Lennon, Lynn Naughton Moore, Nancy Von Euler, Eric W. Mengel

Republicans: Melissa Longo, Kenneth Astarita, Peter Britton, Brooke Sparacino

District 2

Democrats: Scott Bisang, Tara Cook-Littman, Dave Rock, Sunila Fadl

Republicans: Christopher Shea, Amy O'Shea, Amir Nasir, Ed Bateson

District 3

Democrats: Melissa Straus, Cindy Waldron, Myke Nicholas Hartigan, Cindy Wapnitsky

Republicans: Jeff Steele, Karen McCormack, Francis "Hank" Ference, Lori McArthur

District 4

Democrats: Marcy Spolyar, Elizabeth (Liz) Zezima, Laura Karson, Michelle Lapine McCabe

Republicans: no candidates

District 5

Democrats: Josh Garskof, Kristin O'Neill, Jay Wolk, Sharon Pistilli

Republicans: Keith Markey, Roger V. Autuori

District 6

Democrats: Rob Blanchard, Nancy T. Donne, Jennifer Barahona, Andrew Graceffa

Republicans: Jaya Torok, Nina Velez, Hannah Gale, Evan Snapper

District 7

Democrats: John Kuhn, Steve Berecz, Jonathan Delgado, Scott Nickel

Republicans: Joanne Romano Csonka, Sara Mercedes Camarro, William Ferguson, Jack Shostak

District 8

Democrats: Christopher Carroll, Shane Pendley, Jim Buggy, Kerry Berchem

Republicans: Rich Davies, Christine Ludwiczak, Collin Colburn, Nick Mirabile

District 9

Democrats: Lisa Havey, Dru Georgiadis, Karen Wackerman, Christine Brown

Republicans: Kelly Scinto, Susan O'Neill, Sarah H. Matthews

Petitioning Candidate: James Edwin Bowen

District 10

Democrats: Matt Ambrose, Pierre Ratzki, Justin Contratto, Margaret Horton

Republicans: Laurie Quick, Tisha A. Fox, Patrick G. Colligan, Stori Tallman

Working Families Party: William Louis Tuttle