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11/02/2021 12:00 AM

North Branford Elects GOP's Macmillen as Mayor


Based on receiving the highest number of votes in the Town Council race, Republican Jeffrey Macmillen has been elected as the new Mayor of North Branford in the Nov. 2 municipal election. Macmillen, who served on the Board of Education prior to making his run for Town Council, is shown here while attending the Oct. 28 groundbreaking event at North Branford High School.File Photo Pam Johnson/The Sound

Results verifed by Zip06/The Sound with North Branford's Town Clerk on Election Night show North Branford voters have selected first-time Republican Town Council candidate Jeffrey Macmillen as the Town's new Mayor for the 2021-23 term.

Macmillen took the most overall votes among all nine candidates in the uncontested Town Council race, garnering 1269 votes. Macmillen, who served on the Board of Education in the past term, was followed in the polls by GOP incumbent Deputy Mayor Thomas Zampano, who will retain his position as Deputy Mayor in the new term. Zampano received the second-highest overall votes for Town Council, 1257. The uncontested Town Council also continues North Branford's Republican majority of six members and Democratic minority of three members for another two-year term.

In addition to Macmillen and Zampano, the Republican's six members of the 2021-23 Town Council include, by order of votes recieved: Michael Downes with 1244 votes, Rose Marie Angeloni with 1238 votes, Ronald Pelliccia Jr. with 1211 votes and Walter Goad with 1161 votes. Democratic Town Council members for the new term are Vincent Mase Sr, 779 votes, Marie Diamond, 778 votes,and Bruce Abelson, 683 votes.

The Nov. 2 election also included an uncontested race for four open Board of Education seats. Voters elected the three Republicans and one Democrat on the ballot with the following results: GOP members Shawna Papa Holzer with 1243 votes, Zac Canada with 1201 votes and Elizabeth Siena with 1209 votes, and Democrat Marcey Onofrio with 892 votes.

Voting turnout was a 20.68 percent, with 1996 of the town's 9,653 registered voters coming to the polls on Nov. 2.  District 1 saw 1033 come out to vote, or 20.03 percent of its 5,157 registered voters. With 4,496 registered voters, District 2 had a turnout of 21.24 percent or 963 voters.