Mayor John DeStefano won an historic ninth two-year term Tuesday night with 74 percent of the citywide vote.
According to final results released Wednesday morning by the Registrar of Voters Office, DeStefano collected 7,715 votes out of a total of 10,399 cast in the mayor’s race. Counting all races, a total of 11,289 voters went to the polls Tuesday.
New Haven has 63,989 registered voters.
Mayor DeStefano (pictured at his victory party at the Playwright Tuesday night, with new Edgewood Alderman Marcus Paca) faced three petition candidates and a write-in opponent, all of whom chose not to organize or mount campaigns, but rather basically put their names on the ballot as protest votes. (The petition candidates did participate in a debate.) Ralph Ferrucci took 16.5 percent of the vote; Angela Watley, 6.4 percent; Henri Sumner, 2.4 percent. Write-in candidate Roger Uhlein picked up 40 votes, or less than half of one percent.
In Board of Aldermen races, two Democratic newcomers won the highest vote totals: Justin Elicker in Ward 10 and Greg Dildine in Ward 25.
Following are the results released Wednesday. (It’s possible the write-in vote totals may change by a few when they’re recounted, according to the office.) The results include absentee ballots, unlike the preliminary results reported in Independent articles Tuesday night.
Mayor’s Race
DeStefano (D) 7,715. Ferrucci (I) 1,720. Watley (I) 619. Sumner (I) 254. Uhlein (W) 40.
Click here for a spreadsheet showing a ward-by-ward breakdown of the mayor and city clerk races. Ferrucci polled especially high in East Rock, the East Shore and Fair Haven Heights/Bishop Woods.
City Clerk
Smith (D) 7,324. Nixon (I) 1,670.
Ballot Question (City/Town Development Act Renewal)
Yes 6,554. No 1,276.
Board Of Aldermen
Ward 1 Jones (D) 96.
Ward 2 Calder (D) 131.
Ward 3 James (D) 226.
Ward 4 Jackson-Brooks (D) 120.
Ward 5 Perez (D) 151.
Ward 6 Colon (D) 208.
Ward 7 Clark (D) 178.
Ward 8 Smart (D) 270. Dalaku (R) 42.
Ward 9 Lemar (D) 378.
Ward 10 Elicker (D) 652. Brison (G) 339.
Ward 11 O’Sullivan (I) 377. Lee (D) 233.
Ward 12 Antunes (D) 206.
Ward 13 Rhodeen (D) 372.
Ward 14 Bauer (D) 294.
Ward 15 Rodriguez (D) 139.
Ward 16 Castro (D) 186.
Ward 17 Paolillo (D) 383.
Ward 18 DePino (R) 524. Campion (D) 376.
Ward 19 Edwards (D) 308.
Ward 20 Blango (D) 271.
Ward 21 Jones (D) 248. Nelson (W) 86.
Ward 22 Morehead (D) 237. Hopkins (W) 194. Thorpe (I) 18.
Ward 23 Shah (D) 187.
Ward 24 Paca (D) 251.
Ward 25 Dildine (D) 638.
Ward 26 Rodriguez (D) 481. O’Connell (R) 85.
Ward 27 Lehtonen (D) 365.
Ward 28 Robinson-Thorpe (D) 205.
Ward 29 Goldfield (D) 232.
Ward 30 Goldson (D) 178.
Some previous stories from this campaign:
• Goldfield: I’ll Be Back
• DeStefano: School Reform Wins
• They Got Class Credit — & A Real-Life Win
• Next Term Will Determine Mayor’s Legacy
• 1 Mob, 4 Views
• Mayor Launches “School Change” Campaign
• Mom’s Not Saying
• Lee Won’t Waste Time Debating
• Race Pits Shoestring vs. Shoe Leather
• Grudge Match In Morris Cove
• Open, Or Close, A Gate To Schoolkids?
• Campaign $$ Seeds Races
• Elicker Swears Off Mayor’s Money
• Candidates Split On Schools
• Greens’ Leaders Split On Strategy
• Brison Calls For Noise Barriers
• Lone Green Alderman Faces Challenge