These 41 Darien residents were elected Tuesday to the 57 seats up for election this year to the Representative Town Meeting.
A recent session of the Darien Representative Town Meeting.
To fill out the remaining 16 positions, caucuses of the members of each of Darien’s six voting districts can meet in a caucus to elect new members, once the chairman of the district caucus holds a meeting.
There were two write-in candidates (who didn’t file at the candidate registration deadline but then decided to run) — Christopher Ezbiansky won a seat in District 1 with 26 votes (just over the mandatory minimum of 25 votes for write-in candidates), and Kte Haueisen won a seat in District 5 (she received 43 votes).
Jim Cameron in District 4 received more votes than any other RTM candidate — 343.
Here are the votes for each member, according to the preliminary count released by the Registrars of Voters office:
District 1 (13 open seats, nine candidates on the ballot, one write-in candidate):
- Stanley Buchesky — 268 votes
- Patricia Bumgardner — 319
- Curtis Butler — 266
- Brent Hayes — 269
- Patrick Keane — 272
- Colin Kelly — 275
- Bradley Pattelli — 266
- Lois Schneider — 291
- Bert von Stuelpnagel — 331
- Christopher Ezbiansky (write-in) — 26
District 2 (eight open seats; two candidates):
- Monica McNally — 265
- Nina Miller — 287
District 3 (seven open seats; seven candidates):
- Steven Anderson — 305
- Adele Conniff — 299
- Eugene Coyle — 309
- Thomas Moore — 305
- Seth Morton — 310
- Edward Washecka — 277
District 4 (10 open seats; nine candidates):
- Martha Banks — 324
- A. James Cameron — 343
- Lucy Fiore — 320
- Frank Kemp — 322
- Joseph Miceli — 331
- Andrew Millar — 285
- Susan Morrison — 321
- William Peters III — 313
- Sandra Savage — 318
District 5 (eight open seats; six candidates):
- Carolyn Bayne — 303
- Kenneth Fiveson Jr. — 264
- Marlene Hayes — 276
- Harry McLachlin — 271
- James Patrick — 283
- Kate Haueisen (write-in) — 43
District 6 (11 open seats; seven candidates):
- Susan Lauritzen — 304
- Martha Luz — 329
- Emily McDermott — 325
- Debra Ritchie — 322
- Gary Swenson — 325
- William Van Loan Jr. — 326
- John Whitehead — 315
Correction: An earlier version of this article indicated there were only 57 seats on the Representative Town Meeting. There are more than 80, and not all terms ended this year. The rest of the seats will be up for election later.