Hamden’s candidates for mayor, town clerk, Board of Education and Legislative Council faced off in Tuesday’s municipal elections. Democrats retained the mayor’s office and won a majority of the council and BOE.
“Thank you to all of the amazing candidates on Row A and congratulations to all of the candidates on the ballot that were elected to terms,” Mayor Lauren Garrett wrote in a press release Tuesday. “Hamden is lucky to have Karimah Mickens serving another term as town clerk and I am so excited to be working with our returning and new additions to the Legislative Council.”
Here’s a complete list of who won.
Mayor
Garrett, the incumbent mayor, won a second term over challenger Crystal Dailey.
Garrett (D)
Votes: 6504
Dailey (R)
Votes: 5022
Town Clerk
Incumbent Democrat Karimah Mickens-Webber beat out Republican Brian Walton for the town clerk office.
Mickens-Webber (D)
Votes: 6974
Walton (R)
Votes: 4351
Councilmen-at-large
Democrats Katie Kiely, Tasha Hunt, Laurie Sweet and Dominique Baez won more votes than Republican candidates Thomas Figlar and Robert Anthony, but Figlar and Anthony will serve on the council in required minority seats.
Kiely (D)
Votes: 7030
Hunt (D)
Votes: 6769
Sweet (D)
Votes: 7324
Baez (D)
Votes: 7272
Figlar (R)
Votes: 4272
Anthony (R)
Votes: 4490
Board of Education
Democrats Peter Downhour and Greta Johnson won four-year BOE terms, along with Republican Mario Ciccarini. Republican Andrew Tammaro and Democrat Christopher Piscitelli won the two two-year seats. Republican Marcia Brown did not secure a four-year seat.
Four year
Downhour (D)
Votes: 6736
Johnson (D)
Votes: 6837
Ciccarini (R)
Votes: 4250
Brown (R)
Votes: 4189
Two year
Tammaro (R)
Votes: 4002
Piscitelli (D)
Votes: 7211
District Council
Republicans only took one of the nine districts, with Republican James Anthony Taking district nine, beating Democrat Barbara Walkers by more than 150 votes.
District One
Sean Cardwell (D)
Votes: 665
Debra Rigney (R)
Votes: 528
District Two
Jeron Alston (D)
Votes: 658
No Republican candidate.
District Three
Abdul Osmanu (D)
Votes: 525
No Republican candidate.
District Four
Sarah Gallagher (D)
Votes: 901
No Republican candidate.
District Five
Rhonda Caldwell (D)
Votes: 1016 under Democrat, 114 under Working Families Party
No Republican candidate.
District six
Paula Irvin (D)
Votes: 1130
No Republican candidate.
District seven
Adrian Webber (D)
Votes: 799
Gary Walsh (R)
Votes: 524
District eight
Ted Stevens (D)
Votes: 908
No Republican candidate.
District nine
Anthony (R)
Votes: 881
Walker (D)
Votes: 726