Ridgefield Election Results 2025: Vote Totals For Every Race

RIDGEFIELD, CT — Ridgefield residents once again shot down plans for a new Public Safety Building with a hefty price tag, in a property referendum that went before the public on Election Day, according to the vote totals tabulated on the Secretary of the State's website.

The $77.4 million facility would house both police and fire departments, and was touted as a "forever building" by town officials. The plan represented a scaled-back version of a design presented earlier this year that was reduced by about $8 million through design changes and site adjustments. But voters at the polls Tuesday still found the price tag too rich. The proposal was crushed beneath a 4,978 to 3,137 vote count.

Here are the unofficial vote totals for every local race, as shared by the Connecticut Secretary of State's Office as of Wednesday morning:

Board of Finance

• (D) Andrew Okrongly: 4,713, 29.44%
• (D) Mike Rettger: 4,636, 28.96%
• (R) Marty Heiser: 3,333, 20.82%
• (R) Andrea Beebe: 3,325, 20.77%

Board of Education Full Term

• (D) Kathryn Graf: 4,791, 19.64%
• (D) Scott Sigel: 4,947, 20.27%
• (D) Angela Rice: 4,992, 20.46%
• (D) Tina Malhotra: 4,965, 20.35%
• (R) Debra Franceschini: 3,403, 13.95%
• (I) Divya Dorairajan: 1,302, 5.34%

Board of Education To Fill Vacancy for Two Years

(R) Rachel Marino: 4,611, 100.00%

Board of Assessment Appeals

• (D) Andy Sternlieb: 5,122, 56.07%
• (R) Michael Schmer: 4,013, 43.93%

Planning & Zoning Commission Full Term

• (D) Joe Dowdell: 4,996, 21.61%
• (D) Elizabeth DiSalvo: 5,143, 22.24%
• (D) Mariah Okrongly: 5,063, 21.90%
• (R) Joseph Sorena: 3,950, 17.08%
• (R) Christopher Molyneaux: 3,969, 17.17%

Planning & Zoning Commission to Fill Vacancy for Two Years

• (D) Benjamin Nissim: 5,449, 100.00%

Zoning Board of Appeals Full Five Year Term Begins 2025

• (R) Alexander Lycoyannis: 4,421, 100.00%

Zoning Board of Appeals Full Five Year Term Begins 2026

• (D) Joseph M Pastore III: 5,466, 100.00%

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate Five Year Term Begins 2025

• (D) Mike Santini: 5,505, 100.00%

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate Five Year Term Begins 2026

• (R) Michael Stenko: 4,290, 100.00%

Inland Wetlands Board Full Term

• (D) David L Smith: 5,073, 35.55%
• (D) Keith Carlson: 5,157, 36.14%
• (R) Tim Bishop: 4,041, 28.32%

Inland Wetlands Board to Fill Vacancy for Two Years

• (D) Noah Berkowicz: 4,687, 60.70%
• (R) Chris Luffman: 3,034, 39.30%

Board of Police Commissioners

• (D) Sharon Wicks Dornfeld: 4,763, 27.34%
• (D) Stephen Riebling: 4,672, 26.82%
• (R) John Frey: 4,269, 24.51%
• (R) Marcie Coffin: 3,716, 21.33%

Question: "Shall the resolution appropriating $77,400,000 for construction and equipping of a new Public Safety building and authorizing the issuance of $77,400,000 bonds of the Town to meet said appropriation, be approved?" Yes: 3,137 No: 4,978