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By The Numbers: Rohde, Area Democratic Councilors Win; Scarpati, Shamock Take At-Large

Dems sweep mayor, area council spots; incumbent Shamock and newcomer Scarpati take at-large seats. The winners and vote tallies are listed here.

Figures released by the City Clerk's Office show voter turnout at just under 24 percent, with 7,557 out of 31,994 eligible voters going to the polls. The final tally from the City Clerk's Office:

MERIDEN ELECTION RESULTS (D=Democrat; R=Republican; WTP=We The People) (*=winner; results unofficial) MAYOR *Michael Rohde (D) 4,252 Walt Micowski (R) 3,121 CITY COUNCILMAN AREA 1 *Steven Iovanna (D) 443 Al Pronovost (R) 398 CITY COUNCILMAN AREA 2 *Matthew Dominello (D) 971 Josh Broekstra (R) 700 Darnell Moss (WTP) 131 CITY COUNCILMAN AREA 3 *Brian Daniels (D) 1,592 Art Peitler (R) 868 Floresia Allen (WTP) 133 CITY COUNCILMAN AREA 4 *Catherine Battista (D) 946 Liz Whitney (R) 870 Larry Kibner (WTP) 158 COUNCILMEN AT LARGE (2 SEATS) *Kevin Scarpati (R) 3,827 *Walter Shamock (R) 3,815 John Thorp (D) 3,241 David Lowell (D) 3,215 BOARD OF EDUCATION (4 SEATS) *Robert Kosienski Jr. (D) 6,408 *Mark Hughes (D) 4,602 *John Lineen (D) 4,528 *Pamela Bahre (D) 4,518 William Godburn (WTP) 1,334 CITY CLERK *Irene Massé (D) 6,800


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