Groton Election Results 2025: Vote Totals For Every Race

GROTON, CT — The votes have all been counted in Groton, and here are the totals for each candidate.

The preliminary vote totals below are courtesy of the Office of the Secretary of State.

Here are the local candidates:

Town Council, vote for up to nine

The Democratic candidates are Roscoe L. Merritt (3,405), Kevin Fitzgerald (3,720), Bruce Jones (3,457), Adam Puccino (3,477), Joe Baril (3,265), Portia Bordelon (4,169), David Goode (3,680), Juliette M. Parker (3,902), David McBride (4,252)

Republicans: Diane L. Barber (1,994), Susan E. Deane-Shinbrot (1,717), Kathy L. Chase (1,927)

Independents: Lauren Gauthier (1,589), Susan E. Deane-Shinbrot (1,589), Bill Furgueson (1,600), John Goodrich (1,592), Vanessa Drabek (1,377), Petricia Weaver (1,310)

Write-in: Jim Gustavson (130)

Town Clerk

Democrat Marisol Melendez ran unopposed

Board of Education, vote for up to four

Democrats: Mike Whitney (4,081), Sean Corcoran (4,073)

Republicans: Robert Boris (2,128), Andrea L. Ackerman (2,503), Mitchell A. Shinbrot (2,221)

Board of Education, 2-year vacancy

Democrat Beverly Washington ran unopposed

Representative Town Meeting, vote for up to six

District 1

Democrats: Joe Baril (357), Roscoe L. Merritt (354), Ted Allen (356), Andy Nacsin (342)

Republican: Karin H. Adams (229)

District 2

Democrats: Jean-Claude Ambroise (471), Richard (Paul) Norris (484), Jackie Massett (523), Doris Pulaski (490)

Republican: Harry A. Watson (367)

District 3

Democrats: Christy McElroy (466), Michael Gardiner (437), Autumn Gardiner (445), Archie Swindell (441)

District 4

Democrats: Kristen Powers (642), Shawn Powers (593), David Goode (624), Lian Obrey (635), Kyle Thaxton (613), Andrew M. Parrella (640)

Republicans: Robert J. Bailey (334), Rebecca E. Matter (346)

District 5

Democrats: David Hume (524), Pantea Umrysz (557), Fran Whitney (545), Gary Welles (544)

Republican: Susan E. Deane-Shinbrot (382)

District 6

Democrats: Ann-Marie DeGraffenreidnt (885), Melanie L. Morgan (883), Paul Fox (907), Katrina Fitzgerald (918)

Republicans: Emma M. Gibbs (487), Thomas A. Frickman (504)

District 7

Democrats: Briar Woods (786), Alexis Dudden (781), Emily Norman (787), Sarah Kadden (791)

City Council, vote for up to six (Districts 2, 3)

Vote totals for the Groton City Council race were not immediately available from the Office of the Secretary of State

Democrats: Jean-Claude Ambroise, Stephen Sheffield, Paul Norris, Beverly Washington, Nicholas Johns, Christine A. Piazza

Republicans: Robert L. Zuliani, Kevin G. Trejo, James L. Streeter

Groton City Mayor

In the Groton City mayoral race, Democrat Jill Rusk has claimed victory over write-in candidate Gweneviere Depot, according to The Day of New London. The vote was 869 for Rusk and 209 for Depot, though that does not include early voting and absentee ballots.