The only contested race locally on Election Day was the matchup in state House District 104, where state Rep. Kara Rochelle fended off a challenge from Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti and Independent Party candidate Tom Egan.
The district includes all of Ansonia and much of west Derby.
Valley Indy reporter Jasmine Wright spent the afternoon of Election Day talking to voters at the polls to find out who they voted for and why.
Wright photographed U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Shelton’s Jimmy Tickey supporting Rochelle at the polls in Ansonia, as seen below:
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Ballot-counting work continued into Wednesday (Nov. 6) in Ansonia.
ANSONIA/DERBY – Voters in the 104th state House district cast a total of 9,336 ballots in the November 2024 election, according to unofficial totals from the Secretary of State website.
Incumbent state Rep. Kara Rochelle retained her seat with 54 percent of the vote, beating challenger, Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti, by about nine percentage points.
Rochelle won 5,042 votes, while Cassetti won 4,176. Independent Party candidate Thomas Egan also won 118 votes.
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Photo By Anthony Mullin
State Rep. Kara Rochelle arrives at The Quail & Ale in Derby to deliver a victory speech to her supporters.
ANSONIA-DERBY – State Rep. Kara Rochelle was re-elected to a fourth term in the General Assembly on Tuesday, besting her challenger, Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti, by some 700 votes.
The unofficial numbers from both campaigns had the tally at 4,670 to 3,969. Thomas Egan, the Independent Party candidate, received 107 votes.
UPDATEDNUMBERSRELEASEDNOV. 6: Rochelle won 5,042 votes, while Cassetti won 4,176. Independent Party candidate Thomas Egan also won 118 votes.
However, those tallies do not include absentee ballots. Cassetti, saying absentee ballot votes would not close the gap, conceded the race to Rochelle.
“I will work hard for every single person in this community, like I have, like I always will,” Rochelle said to a crowd of supporters at The Quail & Ale, a pub in Derby.
Derby returns were uploaded to the secretary of state’s website, but as of 9:30 a.m. Nov. 6 Ansonia’s data had not been posted. This story will be updated as the revised tallies arrive.
ANSONIA – A 27-year-old woman was shot in Ansonia on Friday (Nov. 1), according to police.
Ansonia police were called to Griffin Hospital by Derby police at around 7:50 p.m. on Friday. There, they found that a woman had been shot in Ansonia and brought to the hospital in a private car.
Police said on Saturday that the woman is in critical, but stable condition. She was transferred to another hospital after police arrived.
ANSONIA-DERBY — The Valley Indy will go live at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 to cover the race between state Rep. Kara Rochelle (Democrat), Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti (Republican) and Thomas Egan (Independent Party) to see who will represent Ansonia and much of west Derby in state House District 104.
Reporter Jasmine Wright and photographer Anthony Mullin will be with Rochelle’s campaign.
Reporter Jean Falbo-Sosnovich and photographer Peyton McKenzie will be with Cassetti’s campaign.
Derby’s Jim Gildea and Seymour’s Kurt Miller will be on the air with reporter Eugene Driscoll to provide analysis and punditry.
The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley is holding a supply drive from Nov. 4 — 22 to benefit the Ansonia Animal Shelter.
The club is seeking donations of blankets, toys, pet food, pet shampoo, pet beds, and collars. Donations can be dropped off at 28 Howard Ave., Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Nighttime operations will typically occur Sunday night through Thursday night.
Saw-cutting will continue, and concrete pavement repair activities will continue, northbound from Exit 15 to 22 (New Exits 12B to 18).
Beginning November 11, 2024: Upcoming night work will include a period of 1 – 2 weeks to install a traffic shift for both lanes moving to the right shoulder to create a work area for upcoming barrier replacement. This will occur both northbound and southbound, between Exit 20 and 22 (New Exits 17 – 18).
