What you need to know to vote in Darien on Election Day
DARIEN — Election Day is almost here, and with it will come a new first selectman for the first time in a decade.
In June, Jaymee Stevenson announced she would not seek reelection this year, putting an end to a 10-year run as the head of the town’s Board of Selectmen.
Instead, Darienites will be choosing between Republican Monica McNally, who was appointed to the Board of Selectmen to fill a vacancy after being a member of the Representative Town Meeting, and Democrat Tara Ochman, a former Board of Education chairwoman. Chris Noe, a petition candidate, is also seeking the top job in town.
Other races include selectman; the Boards of Finance, Education and Assessment Appeals; the Planning & Zoning Commission; constables; and the Representative Town Meeting. The candidates for town clerk, town treasurer and tax collector are running unopposed.
Residents can still register to vote on Election Day at Town Hall and the Mather Center from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., the same hours polls are open.
Due to unfinished construction at Town Hall, Districts 2 and 5 will vote in the Mather Center, in the lower parking area, instead of the Town Hall Gymnasium. The other voting locations are as usual: Districts 1 and 6 at 35 Leroy Ave., District 3 at the Noroton Heights Fire Department and District 4 at Hindley School.
In order to balance the voting districts, some streets had their districts changed. Voters on Anthony Lane, Brookside Drive, Hillside Avenue, Hillside Court and Victory Drive who previously were in District 1 are now considered part of District 4 and should head to Hindley School to cast their ballots.
Here’s the full list of candidates:
First Selectman
Tara Ochman, Democratic Party
Monica M. McNally, Republican Party
Christian Noe, Petitioning Candidate
Selectman
Sarah Neumann, Democratic Party
Michael J. Burke, Democratic Party
Marcy A. Minnick, Republican Party
Jon E. Zagrodzky, Republican Party
Town Clerk
Christa Sheehan McNamara, Republican Party Town Treasurer
Joan D. Hendrickson, Republican Party
Tax Collector Kathleen M. Larkins, Republican Party
Board of Finance David R. Martin, Democratic Party
Paul B. Hendrickson, Republican Party
John O. Wolcott, Republican Party
Robert Cardone, Republican Party
Board of Education Stacey J. Tie, Democratic Party
Julie Best, Democratic Party
David Brown, Republican Party
Tara A. Wurm,. Republican Party
Board of Assessment Appeals
Glenn S. Ritch, Democratic Party
Christopher S. Peters, Republican Party
Planning & Zoning Commission Full Term
Adam Balgach, Democratic Party
James H. Rand, Republican Party
Stephen P. Olvany, Republican Party
Planning & Zoning Commission To Fill Vacancy for Two Years
Geoffrey W. Ball, Republican Party
Constables
Alan T. Hyatt, Republican Party
Louis James Calastro, Republican Party
RTM District 1
Luisa Brakman
Patti Finn Bumgardner
Patrick Keane
Colin J. Kelly
Derek M. Lublin
Karen McNicoll
Lois J. Schneider
Jenny Schwartz
Bert von Stuelpnagel
RTM District 2
Vincent Arguimbau
William Cusack
Mia Handler
Susanne Handler
Jeffery Hudson
Jacqueline L. Miller
Iris B. Mix
RTM District 3
Kari Cardone.
Adele M. Conniff
Holly Giordano
Eric Golus
Elizabeth Lane
M. Carolina McGoey
Sue-Ellen Mitchell
Thomas Moore
Seth Morton
RTM District 4
Martha Banks
Jim Cameron
Christine Castles
Dan Guller
Eric Kanigan
Frank Kemp
Joseph Miceli
Andrew Millar
Sandra Savage
RTM District 5
Carolyn Bayne
Kenneth Fiveson
Christopher Noonan
Erin Noonan
James Patrick
Laura Pesce-Gray
Waddill Platt
Ann Reed
H. William Smith.
RTM District 6
Barry Baldwin.
Mary Nevin Gauthier
Janet Grogan
Liza Lucas
Martha Luz
Sarah Madson
Peter Orphanos
Shannon Silsby
William Van Loan Jr.
Theresa Vogt