Stamford Election Results 2022: Democrats Win Big

Results are unofficial

STAMFORD, CT — Democrats picked up victories in several races across Stamford on Tuesday night.

In one of the closest contests of the night, Democratic challenger Rachel Khanna defeated Republican Kimberly Fiorello in the race for the 149th House District by just 210 votes, the Connecticut Secretary of State website showed.

The district covers Greenwich and a portion of Stamford. Fiorello carried Greenwich with 3,389 votes compared to Khanna's 3,093.

"This was a hard fought race and I am very proud of this victory. Thank you all for your support," Khanna said on Facebook Tuesday night.

Khanna, who has worked in marketing at Morgan Stanley Asset Management and recently opened an organic dinner delivery service in Greenwich, served on the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting for two terms as a representative for District 10.

Fiorello was elected in 2021 to the 149th District. She served on the education committee, judiciary committee and planning and development committee.

In another close race, according to unofficial results, incumbent state Sen. Ryan Fazio (R-36) defeated Democratic challenger Trevor Crow by just 96 votes. The district covers all of Greenwich and portions of Stamford and New Canaan.

Fazio issued a statement to Patch early Wednesday morning expressing confidence that his campaign had won. A recount in the race is expected.

"I am deeply grateful to the voters for their support and faith in me. After spending the evening with our campaign team counting all votes across the district, I am confident we have won. Under state law, we expect the margin to trigger an automatic recount," Fazio said. "Regardless, we are confident in the result and I am deeply grateful to the community for putting their faith in me for another term. We have much work to do to protect our community and improve our state and I am eager to continue that work."

Patch has reached out to Trevor Crow's campaign for comment.

Pat Billie Miller won re-election in the race for the 27th State Senate District. The district covers a portion of Stamford and Darien.

The CT Secretary of State website showed Miller with 14,376 votes. Battinelli had 8,151.

Before being elected to the State Senate in a special election last year, Miller served as a State Representative for 145th Assembly District, and also served on the Stamford Board of Representatives.

Battinelli is a Stamford firefighter.

Hubert Douglas Delany has won re-election over Republican challenger Mitchell Bell in the 144th House District.

Delany won in a special election earlier this year and replaced now-Mayor Caroline Simmons, who had served in the 144th District for seven years before becoming Stamford's chief elected official last November.

Delany scored 4,381 votes against Bell's 2,429 votes, according to the CT Secretary of State website.

Corey Paris, a Democratic incumbent who was first elected in a special election in 2021 to fill a vacancy, will return to Hartford after defeating Republican challenger Fritz Blau on Tuesday.

"So grateful to be returning to Hartford to keep championing the values that are so important to the families in the 145th district!" Paris said in a Facebook post. "To the thousands of supporters that propelled this campaign to victory - Thank You!"

Incumbent Democrat Daniel Fox won against Republican challenger Wilm Donath by almost 2,000 votes in the race for the 148th House District seat, according to the CT Secretary of State.

Fox was first elected to office in the 148th District in 2011.

Democrat Matt Blumenthal, an incumbent, won re-election in the 147th House District against Republican challenger Abraham David Viera.

The CT Secretary of State website had Blumenthal at 5,265 votes to Vera's 3,482.

Blumenthal has served two terms in the district, which covers a portion of Stamford. Blumenthal's father, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, also won re-election Tuesday night.

>>See related: CT 2022 Election Results: Blumenthal Projected Winner In Senate Race

Democrat David Michel won re-election in the 146th House District over Republican challenger Jessica Demmo and Independent Party candidate Thomas Concannon

Michel, who also ran on the Working Families Party line, was first elected to the 146th District in 2018, and won again in 2020. He totaled 3,265 votes, while Demmo received 1,717, and Concannon 174.

Democrat Ceci Maher, a resident of Wilton, has won the 26th State Senate District seat against Republican Toni Boucher, unofficial results show.

The 26th district includes Westport, Wilton, Weston, Redding and parts of Ridgefield, Darien, New Canaan and Stamford.

Maher was previously appointed a member of the Wilton Board of Finance in 2018, and lost in a race for the board of selectmen in 2019.

Boucher tried to reclaim her seat in the 26th district after she was beat by Westport Democrat Will Haskell in 2018. Haskell chose not to seek re-election in order to attend law school.

Republican incumbent Tom O'Dea squeaked out a win over Democratic challenger Victor Alvarez in the 125th House District race. Unofficial results show O'Dea with 5,802 votes, and Alvarez with 5,016.

Along with local, state and federal political races, Stamford residents also voted for board of education members on Election Day.

Board of Education, vote for any three

• **Versha Munshi-South (Democratic Party) 20,323 votes
• Joseph Andreana Jr. (Republican Party) 14,607 votes
• Daniel D. Dauplaise (Democratic Party) 19,085 votes
• **Lisa Butler (Republican Party) 15,102 votes
• **Michael Hyman (Democratic Party) 20,233 votes
• Diana Melchionne (Republican Party) 14,879 votes

The Stamford Advocate reported that Dauplaise will not return to the board even though he received the third highest number of votes because of minority party representation rules.

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