The City of Derby released revised election results Wednesday, changing the outcome of several races.
Among the changes, according to the city:
- Republican Casey Picheco was not elected to school board.
- Democrat George Kurtyka was re-elected to the school board.
- Democrat Shane Mangado was not elected to the Derby tax board.
- Republican Judy Szewczyk was re-elected to the Derby tax board.
In addition, state law is triggering a recount in the Third Ward Aldermen’s race because less than 30 20 votes separate the third and fourth place candidates.
In the Third Ward Aldermen’s race, Republican Tony Staffieri came in third, with nine more votes than fellow Republican Jim DiMartino, who finished fourth. DiMartino has the option of declining a recount.
In the revised results issued Wednesday, Republican tax board candidate Judy Szewczyk received an additional 226 votes compared to the results issued Tuesday.
Democratic school board candidate George Kurtyka picked up an additional 225 votes. That bumped him from tenth place Tuesday into fifth place Wednesday. Nine candidates total were elected. The new total bumped Picheco from ninth to tenth.
Derby City Treasurer Keith McLiverty received an additional 210 votes.
Republican school board candidate Don Demanuel picked up 184 more votes.
Republican Third Ward Aldermen candidate Scott Boulton picked up four more votes.
Republican school board candidate Laura Harris received one additional vote.
Republican school board candidate Jim Gildea received one additional vote.
The revised numbers are embedded below.
The numbers were reported accurately from the polling locations to the city Registrars’ office.
But, in order to release the results to the public, city officials were tabulating the results late Tuesday night using an Excel program. The program crashed and the computer was rebooted, Derby City-Town Clerk Marc Garofalo told the Valley Indy.
Garofalo theorized a software failure changed a formula within the program and resulted in inaccurate results from the Third Ward.
Garofalo said Derby City Treasurer Keith McLiverty asked Wednesday why the numbers he collected independently Tuesday differed from what Derby City Hall issued Tuesday night.
Officials checked again Wednesday and found the error.
Voting results are never considered official until certified by the secretary of state.
Derby did not send the erroneous results to the state.
“We regret any inconvenience to the candidates and the political parties,” Derby Registrar of Voters Louise Pitney said in a prepared statement.
The statement from city officials is embedded below:
The totals below show the old totals, with revised totals in italics.
DERBY ELECTION RESULTS
Winners are denoted by bold type.
MAYOR
Anita Dugatto (incumbent) – Democrat: 1464
Rich Dziekan – Republican: 1352
CITY TREASURER
Keith McLiverty (incumbent) Democrat: 1,308 picked up 210 votes for revised total of 1,518
Tony Szewczyk – Republican: 1,146 – revised 1,145
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Ward 1
Barbara DeGennaro (incumbent) – Democrat: 378
Stephen Iacuone (incumbent) – Democrat: 341
Thomas Donofrio – Republican: 315
Joseph Cannata – Democrat: 285
Beverly Moran – Republican: 271
Adam Pacheco – Republican: 227
Ward 2
Ronald Sill (incumbent): 481
Joseph DiMartino (incumbent):470
Arthur Gerckens (incumbent): 419
Joseph Romano Sr. – Republican: 344
Thomas Lenart – Republican: 395
Gerardo Borelli – Republican: 254
Ward 3
Carmen DiCenso (incumbent) – Democrat: 711
Peter Olenoski Jr. (incumbent) – Democrat: 630
Anthony Staffieri – Republican: 609
Jim DiMartino – Republican: 600
David Anroman (incumbent): 584
Scott Boulton – Republican: 545, revised 549
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Daniel Foley Jr. (incumbent) – Democrat : 1,642
Kenneth Marcucio Sr. (incumbent) – Democrat: 1,621
James Gildea (incumbent) Republican: 1,601 revised 1602
Andrew Mancini (incumbent) – Democrat : 1,582
George Kurtyka (incumbent) – Democrat: 1,311 – revised 1,536
Laura Harris (incumbent) – Republican: 1,482 revised 1,483
Rebecca O’Hara (incumbent) – Republican: 1,462
Janine Netto – Republican : 1,419
Christine Robinson (incumbent) – Democrat: 1,412
Casey Picheco – Republican: 1,359
James Stadt (incumbent): 1,283
Donald Demanuel – Republican: 1,022 revised 1,206
TAX BOARD
Christopher Carloni (incumbent) – Republican: 1,620
Carlo Malerba Jr. (incumbent) – Democrat: 1,616
Louis Oliwa- Republican: 1,575
James Butler (incumbent) – Democrat: 1,548
Shirley Miani – Democrat:1,525
Rose Pertoso – Democrat: 1,499
Judy Szewczyk (incumbent) – Republican: 1,247 – revised 1473
Howard Bradshaw – Republican:1,424
Phyllis Sochrin – Republican: 1,420
Sam Pollastro Jr. (incumbent) – Republican: 1,418
Shane Mangado – Democrat: 1,330
James Watson – Democrat: 1,191
CONSTABLE
Sylvester Fusco Jr.,(incumbent) Democrat: 1,429
Peter Duhaime, Republican: 1,174
