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Caucus Monday Night for Registered Republicans to Vote on Picking Darien Candidates

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A caucus for registered Republicans in Darien will be held Monday, July 22 to endorse candidates for 15 town offices in the November election, the Republican Town Committee announced. Several new candidates are replacing town officials in various elective offices, including: Caryn Diller for town clerk (replacing Donna E. Rajczewski as town clerk), Christa McNamara replacing Susan Marks on the Board of Selectmen, Taylor Carter replacing James McLaughlin on the Board of Finance, John Sini Jr. replacing Christa McNamara on the Board of Education, Cara Gately and Larry Thomas Warble Jr., replacing John Sini Jr. and Elizabeth Riva on the Planning & Zoning Commission, and Alan Hyatt Jr. replacing Louis Tarnowsky Jr. as a town constable. The town committee has endorsed these candidates for each office, but with enough petition signatures delivered to RTC officials by Wednesday, July 17, other candidates may also be put up for consideration by the caucus (or run in a primary afterward, which is more difficult):

Jayme J. Stevenson for First Selectman;
Charles Alfred (“Kip”) Koons Jr., and Christa S. McNamara for Selectmen;
Caryn Diller for Town Clerk;
Joan D. Hendrickson for Town Treasurer;
Kathleen M.

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Joe Miceli, Rob Werner, Chris Noe, Spencer McIlmurray Return Petitions for Fall Election

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Three candidates have returned petitions to be on the November ballot as independent candidates for first selectman, and a candidate who bid for the GOP nomination for selectman has also returned petitions. There also may be a GOP primary, if one candidate — Joe Warren — who asked for petition forms returns them by the deadline. Warren lost his bid in the Republican Caucus to be the party’s endorsed candidate for a seat on the Board of Selectmen. Rob Werner, Joe Miceli and Chris Noe have all returned signed petitions to be candidates for first selectman, challenging incumbent Jayme Stevenson, who has the Republican nomination. Miceli is a former member of the Board of Selectman; Werner and Noe have run for office before.

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Letters: First Selectman and GOP Town Committee on Caucus

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Two letters to the editor: One from First Selectman Jayme Stevenson (which came in first), the other from Republican Town Committee publicity chairs on the recent caucus and GOP candidate slate:

From Jayme Stevenson, first selectman:
Dear Editor,

Monday night’s Republican Caucus was memorable in many ways.  More than 320 Darien Republicans came out on a hot summer night and casted their vote for an outstanding slate of Republican candidates,  including my Selectmen teammates Susan Marks and Kip Koons. Susan, Kip and I are eager to hear the thoughts and concerns as we work to earn your vote on Nov. 3.   It takes a solid team that’s committed to listening to our residents and business owners, and one that works together to keep our town well managed, open to opportunity, fiscally responsible and dedicated to maintaining Darien’s superb quality of living.  It’s also an honor and privilege for me to have earned the caucus endorsement and run for a third term as your First Selectman.