Election Statistics - Probate Judges 1998

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VOTE FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE, NOVEMBER 3, 1998
PROBATE DISTRICTS

Andover	J. Michael Zabkar, Jr. (R)	Elaine N. Camposeo (D)
Andover	449	577
Bolton	616	1,211
Columbia	623	1,142
Totals	1,688	2,930
Plurality: 1,242

Ashford	No Nomination (R)	Dennis R. Poitras (D)
		1,035
Plurality: 1,035

Avon	Cynthia C. Becker (R)	Paul E. Potanka (D)
	3,486	2,566
Plurality: 920

Barkhamsted	Curtis K. Case (R)	No Nomination (D)
	873
Plurality: 873

Berlin	Walter A. Clebowicz (R)	Walter A. Clebowicz (D)
Berlin	2,939	3,078
New Britain	4,133	7,797
Totals	7,072	10,875
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Walter A. Clebowitz: 17,947
Plurality: 17,947

Bethany	No Nomination (R)	Guy D. Yale (D)
		1,275
Plurality: 1,275

Berlin	Daniel W. O'Grady (R)	No Nomination (D)	Michael Duff (PB)
	3,504		1,108
Plurality: 2,396

Bloomfield	Steven M. Zelman (R)	Steven M. Zelman (D)
	1,668	4,582
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Steven M. Zelman: 6,250
Plurality: 6,250

Bozrah	Stanley A. Mokrzewski, Sr. (R)	Margaret L. Lathrop (D)
	618	359
Plurality: 259

Branford	Carl Vincent Pantaleo (R)	John E. Donegan (D)
	3,049	5,911
Plurality: 2,862

Bridgeport	Krzysztof Hempowicz (R)	Paul Joseph Ganim (D)
	5,868	15,770
Plurality: 9,902

Bristol	No Nomination (R)	Andre D. Dorval (D)
		10,799
Plurality: 10,799

Brookfield	Jeffrey W. Reinen (R)	Jeffrey W. Reinen (D)
	3,080	1,548
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Jeffrey W. Reinen: 4,628
Plurality: 4,628

Brooklyn	No Nomination (R)	James K. Kelley (D)
		1,131
Plurality: 1,131

Burlington	Linda M. Benedetto (R)	Charles W. Bauer (D)
	1,324	1,405
Plurality: 81

Canaan	Barbara G. Seamans (R)	No Nomination (D)
Canaan	199
North Canaan	576
Totals	775
Plurality: 775

Canterbury	Juliette S. Stadnicki (R)	Juliette S. Stadnicki (D)
	731	717
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Juliette S. Stadnicki: 1,448
Plurality: 1,448

Canton	Marygale Bouldin (R)	Michael A. Lockaby (D)
	1,748	1,672
Plurality: 76

Cheshire	Raymond F. Voelker (R)	No Nomination (D)
Cheshire	6,753
Prospect	2,113
Totals	8,866
Plurality: 8,866

Clinton	Kimberly A. Neri (R)	Raymond J. Rigat (D)
	1,846	2,118
Plurality: 272

Colchester	Kevin Kennedy (R)	Mark A. Balaban (D)
	2,501	1,897
Plurality: 604

Cornwall	No Nomination (R)	Margaret D. Cooley (D)
		447
Plurality: 447

Danbury	Dianne E. Yamin (R)	Joseph Cocco (D)
	9,327	4,468
Plurality: 4,859

Darien	John B. Rearden, Jr. (R)	No Nomination (D)
	4,430
Plurality: 4,430

Deep River	Patricia L. Damon (R)	No Nomination (D)
	966
Plurality: 966

Derby	Joseph Cassetti (R)	Clifford D. Hoyle (D)
Ansonia	1,655	3,173
Derby	1,148	1,881
Seymour	1,882	2,347
Totals	4,685	7,401
Plurality: 2,716

East Granby	Paul A. Ridgeway (R)	Richard T. Roznoy (D)
	1,140	604
Plurality: 536

East Haddam	Paul D. Buhl (R)	Karen L. Blaschik (D)
	1,677	1,076
Plurality: 601

East Hampton	No Nomination (R)	Anne McKinney (D)
		2,484
Plurality: 2,484

East Hartford	Ann Kennedy Fulco (R)	Allan T. Driscoll (D)
	6,109	6,307
Plurality: 198

East Haven	William W. Cote (R)	Michael A. Albis (D)
	2,791	4,306
Plurality: 1,515

East Lyme	Jeffrey McNamara (R)	Joseph Raia (D)
	3,480	1,776
Plurality: 1,704

East Windsor	William E. Grace (R)	William E. Grace (D)
East Windsor	1,029	1,468
South Windsor	4,068	4,702
Totals	5,097	6,170
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate William E. Grace: 11,267
Plurality: 11,267

Ellington	No Nomination (R)	Thomas F. Rady III (D)
Ellington		2,227
Vernon		5,446
Totals		7,673
Plurality: 7,673

Enfield	No Nomination (R)	Susan L. Warner (D)
		7,556
Plurality: 7,556

Essex	Deborah M. Pearl (R)	No Nomination (D)
	1,546
Plurality: 1,546

Fairfield	Daniel F. Caruso (R)	Martha S. Brooks (D)
	11,912	5,523
Plurality: 6,389

Farmington	J. David Morrissey (R)	No Nomination (D)
	5,184
Plurality: 5,184

Glastonbury	No Nomination (R)	Donald L. Hamer (D)
		7,834
Plurality: 7,834

Granby	Philip D. Main (R)	No Nomination (D)
	2,450
Plurality: 2,450

Greenwich	David R. Tobin (R)	No Nomination (D)
	11,270
Plurality: 11,270

Griswold	No Nomination (R)	George L. Kennedy (D)
		1,912
Plurality: 1,912

Groton	Frederick W. Palm, Jr. (R)	Frederick W. Palm, Jr. (D)
	3,837	3,732
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Frederick W. Palm, Jr.: 7,569
Plurality: 7,569

Guilford	Joel E. Helander (R)	Joel E. Helander (D)
	3,504	3,557
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Joel E. Helander: 7,061
Plurality: 7,061

Haddam	No Nomination (R)	Sharon G. Kapitulik (D)
		1,963
Plurality: 1,963

Hamden	No Nomination (R)	Salvatore L. Diglio (D)
		10,638
Plurality: 10,638

Hampton	Jeannine Lamont (R)	Jeannine Lamont (D)
	250	334
Total Votes Cast for cross-endorsed candidate Jeannine Lamont: 584
Plurality: 584

Hartford	No Nomination (R)	Robert K. Killian, Jr. (D)
		12,449
Plurality: 12,449

Hartland	No Nomination (R)	Beatrice Y. Isabelle (D)
		426
Plurality: 426

Harwinton	Patrick J. Wall (R)	John W. Pickard (D)
	1,040	981
Plurality: 59

Hebron	No Nomination (R)	Kevin C. Connors (D)
		2,030
Plurality: 2,030

Kent	Barbara L. Miller (R)	No Nomination (D)
	749
Plurality: 749

Killingly (Full Term)	Thomas E. Dupont Sr. (R)	Thomas E. Dupont Sr. (D)
	1,465	2,028
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Thomas E. Dupont Sr.: 3,493
Plurality: 3,493

Killingly (To Fill Vacancy)	Thomas E. Dupont Sr. (R)	Thomas E. Dupont Sr. (D)
	1,397	1,807
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Thomas E. Dupont Sr.: 3,204
Plurality: 3,204

Killingworth	Judith P. Lentz (R)	Judith P. Lentz (D)
	1,046	864
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Judith P. Lentz: 1,910
Plurality: 1,910

Lebanon	Geraldine E. McCaw (R)	No Nomination (D)
	1,450
Plurality: 1,450

Ledyard	Pamela M. Rowe (R)	Elaine Marie Bono (D)
	2,191	2,027
Plurality: 164

Litchfield	Helen Ruwet Bunnell (R)	Arleen G. Keegan (D)
Litchfield	1,523	1,638
Morris	443	373
Warren	260	211
Totals	2,226	2,222
Plurality: 4

Lyme	William T. Koch, Jr. (R)	No Nomination (D)
	668
Plurality: 668

Madison	George G. McManus, Jr. (R)	No Nomination (D)
	4,048
Plurality: 4,048

Manchester	No Nomination (R)	John W. Cooney (D)
		11,008
Plurality: 11,008

Mansfield	Carol L. Pellegrine (R)	Claire C. Twerdy (D)
Coventry	1,543	2,127
Mansfield	1,625	2,487
Totals	3,168	4,614
Plurality: 1,446

Marlborough	Joseph D. Farrell (R)	William J. Heslin, III (D)
	809	1,254
Plurality: 445

Meriden	Ralph Collazo (R)	John F. Papandrea (D)
	4,198	9,370
Plurality: 5,172

Middletown	Jeffrey A. DeMaso (R)	Joseph D. Marino (D)
Cromwell	1,313	3,066
Durham	875	1,445
Middlefield	478	1,150
Middletown	2,581	8,905
Totals	5,247	14,566
Plurality: 9,319

Milford	Steven Studer (R)	Beverly Streit-Kefalas (D)
	7,216	7,740
Plurality: 524

Montville	No Nomination (R)	Linda J. Mott (D)
		2,885
Plurality: 2,885

Naugatuck	No Nomination (R)	Robert M. Siuzdak (D)
Beacon Falls		1,024
Naugatuck		4,912
Totals		5,936
Plurality: 5,936

New Canaan	Richard E. Burke (R)	No Nomination (D)
	4,622
Plurality: 4,622

New Fairfield	Richard A. Smith (R)	Peter R. Larkin (D)
	2,000	2,306
Plurality: 306

New Hartford	Norman E. Rogers, Jr. (R)	No Nomination (D)
	1,629
Plurality: 1,629

New Haven	No Nomination (R)	John A. Keyes (D)
		15,874
Plurality: 15,874

Newington	Allen V. Johnson (R)	Sheila M. Hennessey (D)
Newington	3,411	6,448
Rocky Hill	1,917	3,445
Wethersfield	3,291	7,116
Totals	8,619	17,009
Plurality: 8,390

New London	Charles Wild (R)	Mathew H. Greene (D)
New London	1,072	3,537
Waterford	2,172	3,963
Totals	3,244	7,500
Plurality: 4,256

New Milford	Marty Landgrebe (R)	Fred L. Baker (D)	Barbara McMahon Dratch (PC)	Cecelia J. Buck (PC)
Bridgewater	272	357	121	47
New Milford	3,137	2,305	898	656
Totals	3,409	2,662	1,019	703
Plurality: 747

Newtown	Margot S. Hall (R)	No Nomination (D)
	5,221
Plurality: 5,221

Norfolk	No Nomination (R)	Linda F. Riiska (D)
		445
Plurality: 445

North Branford	Frank J. Forgione (R)	No Nomination (D)
	2,502
Plurality: 2,502

North Haven	Eileen B. Donahue (R)	No Nomination (D)
	5,230
Plurality: 5,230

North Stonington	Teresa A. Pensis (R)	Bradford W. Currier II (D)
	1,235	360
Plurality: 875

Norwalk	Anthony D. DePanfilis (R)	No Nomination (D)
Norwalk	10,699
Wilton	3,930
Totals	14,629
Plurality: 14,629

Norwich	Linda M. Salafia (R)	Linda M. Salafia (D)
Franklin	262	372
Lisbon	430	673
Norwich	3,172	5,402
Preston	592	708
Sprague	340	537
Voluntown	259	348
Totals	5,055	8,040
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Linda M. Salafia: 13,095
Plurality: 13,095

Old Lyme	Thomas F. McGarry (R)	Sylvia L. Peterson (D)
	1,090	2,039
Plurality: 949

Old Saybrook	No Nomination (R)	Roger W. Goodnow (D)
		2,643
Plurality: 2,643

Orange (Full Term)	John J. Carangelo (R)	Anne Marie Paone-Mullin (D)	David V. Presnick (OT)
	3,102	2,251	38
Plurality: 851

Orange (To Fill Vacancy)	John J. Carangelo (R)	Anne Marie Paone-Mullin (D)
	3,000	2,234
Plurality: 766

Oxford	Mark F. Gross (R)	John W. Fertig, Jr. (D)
	1,106	1,748
Plurality: 642

Plainfield	No Nomination (R)	Kathleen Sendley Barry (D)
		2,484
Plurality: 2,484

Plainville	Donald G. Wiener (R)	Heidi Famiglietti (D)
	1,176	3,960
Plurality: 2,784

Plymouth	Theodore F. Kosikowski (R)	Sonja J. deSousa (D)
	1,429	1,848
Plurality: 419

Pomfret	Cecile D. Stoddard (R)	Cecile D. Stoddard (D)
	614	600
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Cecille D. Stoddard: 1,214
Plurality: 1,214

Portland	Robert L. Curzan (R)	Richard J. Guliani (D)
	1,226	2,113
Plurality: 887

Putnam	No Nomination (R)	Nicholas R. Scola (D)
		1,620
Plurality: 1,620

Redding	Richard L. Emerson (R)	Richard L. Emerson (D)
	1,546	1,018
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Richard L. Emerson: 2,564
Plurality: 2,564

Ridgefield	Joseph A. Egan, Jr. (R)	No Nomination (D)
	5,693
Plurality: 5,693

Roxbury	Jeannette M. Puglio (R)	Jeannette M. Puglio (D)
	477	362
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Jeannette M. Puglio: 839
Plurality: 839

Salem	William C. Kollman II (R)	William C. Kollman II (D)
	559	611
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate William C. Kollman II: 1,170
Plurality: 1,170

Salisbury	Richard T. Fitzgerald (R)	Richard T. Fitzgerald (D)
	780	702
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Richard T. Fitzgerald: 1,482
Plurality: 1,482

Saybrook	Helen B. Bonnie Bennet (R)	Helen B. Bonnie Bennet (D)
*Chester	610	770
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Helen B. Bonnie Bennet: 1,380
Plurality: 1,380
*The Probate District of Saybrook serves only the town of Chester.

Sharon	Suzanne J. Xanthos (R)	Suzanne J. Xanthos (D)
	551	388
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Suzanne J. Xanthos: 939
Plurality: 939

Shelton	Fred J. Anthony (R)	Esteban Hermanowycz (D)
	7,748	3,077
Plurality: 4,671

Sherman	Maryann Yanarella (R)	Barbara J. Ackerman (D)
	377	881
Plurality: 504

Simsbury	Paul J. Knierim (R)	Ann G. Taylor (D)
	5,705	3,802
Plurality: 1,903

Southbury	Mary Kay Flaherty (R)	No Nomination (D)
	4,864
Plurality: 4,864

Southington	John F. Kania (R)	Bryan F. Meccariello (D)
	6,581	6,770
Plurality: 189

Stafford	No Nomination (R)	Thomas J. Fiore (D)
Somers		1,578
Stafford		3,034
Union		179
Totals		4,791
Plurality: 4,791

Stamford	No Nomination (R)	Gerald M. Fox (D)
		16,507
Plurality: 16,507

Sterling	No Nomination (R)	Signe L. Nowosadko (D)
		430
Plurality: 430

Stonington	No Nomination (R)	Paul E. Cravinho (D)
		3,499
Plurality: 3,499

Stratford	F. Paul Kurmay (R)	Kent M. Miller (D)
	8,866	5,315
Plurality: 3,551

Suffield	Beverly T. Patterson (R)	David E. Marmelstein (D)
	2,469	1,393
Plurality: 1,076

Thomaston	No Nomination (R)	Joseph J. Fairchild (D)
		1,368
Plurality: 1,368

Thompson	No Nomination (R)	Aileen A. Witkowski (D)
		1,994
Plurality: 1,994

Tolland	Cheryl H. Brown (R)	No Nomination (D)
Tolland	2,628
Willington	1,129
Totals	3,757
Plurality: 3,757

Torrington	Michael F. Magistrali (R)	Michael A. Merati (D)
Goshen	657	308
Torrington	6,058	4,056
Totals	6,715	4,364
Plurality: 2,351

Trumbull	John P. Chiota (R)	No Nomination (D)
Easton	1,894
Monroe	401
Trumbull	7,909
Totals	10,159
Plurality: 10,159

Wallingford	No Nomination (R)	Philip A. Wright, Jr. (D)
		8,345
Plurality: 8,345

Washington	Victoria Marsh Cherniske (R)	No Nomination (D)
	962
Plurality: 962

Waterbury	No Nomination (R)	James J. Lawlor (D)
Middlebury		1,347
Waterbury		15,266
Wolcott		2,908
Totals		19,521
Plurality: 19,521

Watertown	Carey R. Geghan (R)	Carey R. Geghan (D)
	4,172	2,217
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Carey R. Geghan: 6,389
Plurality: 6,389

Westbrook	No Nomination (R)	Constance J. Vogell (D)
		1,391
Plurality: 1,391

West Hartford	John A. Berman (R)	Sydney W. Elkin (D)
	12,652	10,749
Plurality: 1,903

West Haven	E. Michael Heffernan (R)	E. Michael Heffernan (D)
	4,589	7,925
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate E. Michael Heffernan: 12,514
Plurality: 12,514

Westport	Richard J. Diviney (R)	Kevin M. O'Grady (D)
Weston	1,512	1,637
Westport	4,110	4,893
Totals	5,622	6,530
Plurality: 908

Winchester	No Nomination (R)	Alan M. Barber (D)
Colebrook		350
Winchester		1,993
Totals		2,343
Plurality: 2,343

Windham	Douglas T. Stearns (R)	Dennis O'Brien (D)
Scotland	306	193
Windham	1,573	3,492
Totals	1,879	3,685
Plurality: 1,806

Windsor	Brian Griffin (R)	Brian Griffin (D)
	3,493	4,886
Total votes cast for cross-endorsed candidate Brian Griffin: 8,379
Plurality: 8,379

Windsor Locks	No Nomination (R)	William C. Leary (D)
		2,503
Plurality: 2,503

Woodbridge	Rosemary K. DeFilippo (R)	Robert H. Horowitz (D)
	1,497	2,115
Plurality: 618

Woodbury	Mary Donaldson (R)	No Nomination (D)
Bethlehem	1,063
Woodbury	2,543
Totals	3,606
Plurality: 3,606

Woodstock	Nancy M. Gale (R)	Sheila O. Mills (D)
	1,482	747
Plurality: 735

SPECIAL ELECTION
VOTE FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE
NOVEMBER 2, 1999
EASTFORD PROBATE DISTRICT

Eastford	Michael H. Ellsworth (R)	No Nomination (D)
Chaplin	310
Eastford	285
Total	595
Plurality: 595

SPECIAL ELECTION
VOTE FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE
NOVEMBER 2, 1999
ELLINGTON PROBATE DISTRICT

Ellington	James Purnell (R)	Mark R. Spurling (D)
Ellington	967	764
Vernon	3,174	2,442
Totals	4,141	3,206
Plurality: 935

SPECIAL ELECTION
VOTE FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE
APRIL 4, 2000
SUFFIELD PROBATE DISTRICT

Suffield	Edward G. McAnaney (R)	Christopher W. Bromson (D)	Timothy M. Daley (PC)	Justin J. Donnelly, Sr. (PC)	John J. Murphy (PC)	David E. Marmelstein (PC)	Victoria Spellman (PC)	John M. Wyzik (Write-In)
	446	329	214	165	350	80	190	290
Plurality: 96

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