Lamontagne, Hassan Carry Windham Vote

As was the trend in the majority of communities in southern New Hampshire, gubernatorial candidates Ovide Lamontagne and Maggie Hassan carried the Windham ballot in the Sept. 11 state primary.

Lamontagne received 654 of the 1,188 Republican votes in Windham, which was good for 55 percent. His main opponent Kevin Smith received 524 votes while Robert Tarr finished with 10.

Much less votes were cast on the Democratic ballot, but Hassan took Windham convincingly with 344 of the 471 votes, or 73 percent. Her opponent Jackie Cilley took 102 votes while political newcomer Bill Kennedy captured 25 votes.

Another spotlight was on the Republican race for state representative, with six candidates vying for Windham's four seats in the House.

Moving on to the general election were incumbents across the board, as Mary Griffin, Walter Kolodziej, Charles McMahon and Kevin Waterhouse received enough votes to advance.

"I'm most appreciative of the town having faith in me," Kolodziej said. "I hope I can carry our ideas up to Concord."

"It's a great thing to have my fellow citizens support the continued work that needs to be done," McMahon added.

Incumbent Donna Mauro and challenger Mark Samsel were ousted on the Republican side.

The four Republican candidates will face off against Democratic candidates Kristi St. Laurent, Tony Keevan, Carolyn Webber and Neil Fallon. All ran uncontested on Tuesday.

Kevin Coyle took the Windham vote for County Commissioner, with his 372 votes beating out Phyllis Katasakiores, 257, and C. Donald Stritch, 214.

While GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Charles Bass easily took the Windham vote with 946 ballots cast in his favor, of note were the 57 votes cast for Miroslaw Dziedzic.

Dziedzic is a Windham resident, who according to his website was born and raised in Poland.

The candidate for U.S. Congress entered the race quietly, and he did not campaign against the incumbent Bass in the months that followed.

Also receiving 60 votes was Dennis Lamare of Lee.

Only 15 percent of registered voters in Windham turned out, or 1,701 of the 9,254 residents. Of those voters, 32 registered on Tuesday.