Milford Dems Hold Onto Majorities, Add One More

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Milford Democrats late Tuesday celebrated unofficial election results that showed the party holding onto their majority on the boards of aldermen and education and gaining ground on the city’s Planning and Zoning Board.

“We did very well overall,” Mayor Ben Blake, a winner himself against Republican Peter Spalthoff, said to a tightly packed crowd at Democratic Party headquarters on Bridgeport Avenue.

Official election results now confirm that Milford Democrats did in fact have a pretty good day at the polls Tuesday.

The biggest win came on the Planning and Zoning Board, where Democrats took four of five races and turned an 8-2 Republican majority into a 6-4 Democratic advantage.

In the Fourth District race, Democrat Carl Moore beat Republican Mark Bender, the chairman of the board, 1,162 to 1,145, a 17-point margin that’s eligible for a recount.

In other races, Democrats held onto their 9-6 majority on the Board of Aldermen and kept their edge on the Board of Education, though two seats were lost to Republicans so the 8-2 Democratic majority on the school board is now 6-4. 

Other notes:

• Nineteen incumbents (excluding constables) that ran for re-election won another term; six did not.
• The closest race eligible for a recount came in the First District for Board of Aldermen. There, Democrat James Patterson received 1,251 votes to fellow Democrat Greta Stanford’s 1,250. Right now, Patterson is first in and Stanford is first out.
• The Independent Party vote helped Republicans Brian Bier (First District Board of Aldermen), Anthony Giannattasio (also First District Board of Aldermen) and Suzanne DiBiase (Fifth District Board of Education) win their respective races.

The full results (excluding constables) follow. Winners are in bold. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk.

Mayor

*Ben Blake (D): 7,296 (61 percent)

Peter Spalthoff (R): 4,629 (w/ 326 Independent votes)

City Clerk

*Linda Stock (R): 6,904 (w/ 593 Independent votes)

Charles Montalbano (D): 4,690

Board of Aldermen

(three of four elected from each district)

--First District--

*Brian Bier (R): 1,382 (w/ 149 Independent votes)

*Anthony Giannattasio (R): 1,384 (w/ 150 Independent votes)

*Greta Stanford (D): 1,250

James Patterson (D): 1,251

--Second District--

Ward Willis (R): 948 (w/ 157 Independent votes)

Susan Fontana (R): 1052 (w/ 205 Independent votes)

*Janet Golden (D): 1,161

*Nick Veccharelli (D): 1,237

--Third District--

Michael Casey (R): 1,053

*Paula Smith (R): 1,015

Marty Handiman (D): 1,195

*Frank Smith (D): 1,175

--Fourth District--

Patrick Tokarz (R): 963

*Dan German (R): 1,263

*Philip J. Vetro (D): 1,484

*Susan Shaw (D): 1,443

--Fifth District--

Bill Bevan (R): 1,280

*Raymond Vitali (R): 1,470

Dora Kubek (D): 1,487

*Bryan N. Anderson (D): 1,471

Board of Education

(two of four elected from each district)

--First District--

John DeRosa (R): 1,247

*Mike DeGrego (R): 1,247

Mark Ahrens (D): 1,178

*Laura Fetter (D): 1,086

--Second District--

Doreen Fontana (R): 826

Joyce Charney (R): 823

*Susan Glennon (D): 1,173

*Tracy Casey (D): 1,164

--Third District--

Anthony Piselli (R): 931

Thomas Jagodzinski (R): 910

*George Gensure (D): 903

*Chris Saley (D): 1,212

--Fourth District--

Walter Cash (R): 948

Heinz Stock (R): 941

*Earl Whiskeyman (D): 1,322

Heidi Gold-Dworkin (D): 1,313

--Fifth District--

*Suzanne DiBiase (R): 1,343 (w/ 106 Independent votes)

Raymond Kirmaier (R): 1,119 (w/ 80 Independent votes)

Sarah Ferrante (D): 1,311

Laura Fucci (D): 1,389

Planning and Zoning Board

--First District--

*Thomas Nichol (R): 1,227

Raymond Arnold (D): 1,153

--Second District--

Ronald Goldwyn (R): 819

Michael Dolan (D): 1,189

--Third District--

*Edward Mead (R): 970

Jim Quish (D): 1,052

--Fourth District--

*Mark Bender (R): 1,145

Carl Moore (D): 1,162

--Fifth District--

William Farrell (R): 1,290 (w/ 103 Independent votes)

Terrence Copeland (D): 1,323