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Many Candidates, Fewer Contests, in Old Saybrook Elections

About one quarter of the 2017 municipal races in the fall election are being contested in Old Saybrook.

Incumbent First Selectman Republican Carl Fortuna, Jr., is being challenged this fall by Democrat Stephen Sheehan. Both were profiled here last week. Those profiles can be found with profiles on all candidates who’ve chosen to participate in our Online Voters Guide along all Harbor News political letters and elections coverage at Zip06.com/election.

Selectman candidates include Democrat Carol Conklin and Republican Scott Giegerich, both incumbents. The two highest vote getters between those two and the losing first selectman candidate will be seated.

Long-time Town Clerk Republican Sarah Becker is being challenged by Democrat Carl Garbe.

Four of the five candidates for the Board of Finance will be seated. Competing for the four open full-term slots are Democratic incumbent Barry O’Nell, Democrat Donna Nucci, Republican incumbents Breck Lindley and David LaMay, and Republican Paul Carver.

Running for the two full-term openings on the town’s Harbor Management Commission (HMC) are Democrat Robert Soden and incumbent Republicans Frederick Pardi and David Cole. Former HMC Chairman Ray Collins recently passed away and member Bob Murphy was voted in as chairman. To fill Collins’s slot, Pardi was appointed to serve out his term.

Six candidates are running for four open slots on the town’s Police Commission. The two Democrats are Frank Glowski and Renee Shipee and the four Republicans are Charles Gadon, Joseph Maselli, Kenneth Reid, and Frank Keeney.

Three candidates are vying to fill two slots on the Zoning Commission: Democrat Ann Marie Thorsen is competing against Republican incumbents Robert Friedmann and Gerri Lewis.

For the Zoning Board of Appeals, there are three full-term openings and one two-year vacancy. Democrat Adam Boyd is running uncontested for the two-year vacancy. However, Boyd also is on the ballot as a candidate for the full-term vacancy challenging Republicans Kevin Danby, Robert McIntyre, and Dorothy Alexander; for the full-term openings, there are four candidates and three slots. Should Boyd be elected to fill both the two-year and the full-term vacancy, he would then choose which of the two seats he would fill.

All three candidates seeking election to the Board of Assessment Appeals will win, even though voters are asked to cast ballots for just two of the three. On the ballot are Democrat Jeffrey Gibson and Republicans Peter Gallagher and Ruth FitzGerald.

There is a special election to fill the slot of Judge of Probate for the Saybrook District. That contest pits Democrat Jeannine Lewis against Republican Anselmo Delia. The special election for this seat was needed when the former probate judge, Terrance DeLomme, reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

Uncontested races include incumbent Republican Treasurer Robert Fish, incumbent Republican Tax Collector Barry Maynard; Republican Carol Rzasa for Board of Finance two-year vacancy; Board of Education Democrats Eileen Baker and Karen Brodeur and Republicans Jan Furman, Tara Nolin Barros, and Philip Broadhurst III; Board of Education two-year vacancy Republican Alan Hyla; Planning Commission Democrat Kathleen Sugland and Republican Paula Kay; Planning Commission two-year vacancy Democrat Trevor Ladd; and Park & Recreation Commission Democrats Nancy Shepard Gatta and Steven Pernal and Republican James Henderson.