Ridgefield Election Results 2023: Vote Totals For Every Race

RIDGEFIELD, CT — The votes have all been counted in Ridgefield and here are the totals for the Board of Selectmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Board of Finance, Board of Education, Board of Assessment Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Inland Wetlands Board, the Board of Police Commissioners and the ballot questions on the Town Charter Revision.

The vote totals and percent of total are courtesy of the Secretary of State website:

First Selectman

• (D) Rudolph P. Marconi 4,693 votes, 97.39%
• (Write-in) Robert Cousins 126 votes, 2.61%

Selectman

• (D) Barbara Manners 4,042 votes, 31.70%
• (D) Sean Connelly 4,018 votes, 31.52%
• (R) Chris Murray 3,072 votes, 24.10%
• (Petitioning) Maureen Kozlark 1,617 votes, 12.68%

Town Clerk

• (R) Wendy Gannon Lionetti 4,076 votes, 100.00%

Town Treasurer

• (D) Molly McGeehin 4,485 votes, 100.00%

Tax Collector

• (R) Jane Berendsen-Hill 3,932 votes, 100.00%

Board of Finance

• (D) Joe Shapiro 4,044 votes, 35.73%
• (D) Dave Ulmer 4,083 votes, 36.08%
• (R) Greg Kabasakalian 3,190 votes, 28.19%

Board of Education

• (D) Jonathan Paradiso 3,891 votes, 20.49%
• (D) Wyatt Lipman 3,873 votes, 20.40%
• (R) Christine More 3,148 votes, 16.58%
• (R) Julia London 3,046 votes, 16.04%
• (R) Sean McEvoy 2,800 votes, 14.75%
• (Petitioning) Dawn-Marie Callahan 2,049 votes, 10.79%
• (Write-in) Divya Dorairajan 182 votes, 0.96%

Board of Assessment Appeals

• (D) Stan Galanski 4,298 votes, 100.00%

Planning & Zoning Commission

• (D) Robert Hendrick 3,920 votes, 26.04%
• (D) Ben Nneji 3,963 votes, 26.32%
• (D) Susan Consentino 4,017 votes, 26.68%
• (R) Sebastiano D'Acunto 3,155 votes, 20.96%

Zoning Board of Appeals Full 5-Year Term Begins 2023

• (D) Mark Seavy 4,119 votes, 100.00%

Zoning Board of Appeals Full 5-Year Term Begins 2024

• (D) Robert Byrnes 4,075 votes, 100.00%

Zoning Board of Appeals To Fill Vacancy For 2 Years

• (R) Alexander Lycoyannis 3,498 votes, 100.00%

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate 5-Year Term Begins 2024

• (D) Sky Cole 4,007 votes, 100.00%

Inland Wetlands Board

• (D) Susan Baker 3,969 votes, 28.18%
• (D) Benjamin Nissim 3,837 votes, 27.24%
• (R) Carson Fincham 3,168 votes, 22.49%
• (R) Alan Pilch 3,110 votes, 22.08%

Board of Police Commissioners

• (D) Issy Caporale 3,803 votes, 36.77%
• (D) Ralph Money 3,595 votes, 34.76%
• (R) Bob Hebert 2,945 votes, 28.47%

Ballot Questions on the Town Charter Revision:

1. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to make certain technical and administrative changes as recommended by the Charter Revision Commission?"

Yes: 4,275 No: 1522

2. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to provide that the position of Town Treasurer be changed from an elected position to that of a hired Town employee?"

Yes: 3,310 No: 2,917

3. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to provide that the position of Town Clerk be changed from an elected position to that of a hired Town employee?"

Yes: 3,346 No: 2,848

4. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to provide that the position of Tax Collector be changed from an elected position to that of a hired Town employee?"

Yes: 3,316 No: 2,881

5. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to change the titles of the First Selectman, Board of Selectmen, and Selectman, to First Selectperson, Board of Selectpersons, and Selectperson?"

Yes: 3,532 No: 2,724

6. "Shall Section 3-2 of the Town Charter be amended to provide that individuals who are not residents of the Town, but who own property in Town solely in their capacity as a trustee, are not entitled to vote at Town Meetings or at referenda?"

Yes: 4,209 No: 1,970

7. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to make the following changes to the membership and terms of office of certain Commissions:
(a.) amend Sections 5-1 and 5-3 to change the name of the Commission on the Aging to the Commission on Aging, and to change the term of appointment from three-year to two-year terms:
(b.) amend Section 5-8 to increase the size of the Economic and Community Development Commission from 7 members to 9 members, and to extend the term of office from 1 year to
2 years;
(c.) amend Section 5-14 to add two alternate members, both serving four-year terms, to the Water Pollution Control Authority; and (d.) amend Section 5-15 to decrease the size of the Youth Commission from 16 members to 12 members and to add 2 alternate members to the commission?"

Yes: 4,394 No: 1,555

8. "Shall the Town Charter be amended to make the following changes to the Town's appropriation process;
(a.) amend Section 10-1(c) to eliminate the ability of the Town Meeting to decrease or delete any line item in the budget:
(b.) amend Section 10-2(b) to require that any appropriation requested by residents at a petitioned town meeting in excess of $3,000,000 be submitted to referendum;
(c.) amend Section 3-5(b) to provide that the required signatures for any petitions involving expenditures of $250,000 or more be increased from 5% to 7% of electors?"

Yes: 4,162 No: 1,738

9. "Shall the Standards of Conduct set forth in Article 11 of the Town Charter and the authority of the Ethics Commission set forth in Section 5-9 of the Town Charter be modified as recommended by the Charter Revision Commission?"

Yes: 3,963 No: 1,652