City of Derby Election Central

Mayor Staffieri Three-peats

We have been covering city elections since the mid '90's on this website with information about ballot questions, candidates, platforms and election results. People in Derby are very passionate about their city politics and the parties contest elections very vigorously as they should do in a democracy. On this website, we try to present the information to voters to help them make their own decisions, and we will continue to do that on this page which is now be a permanent part of the website. It is not an interactive section, a discussion board or a blog. Users can find those things elsewhere. What we do here is present the information that will be on the ballot with links to other relevant sites.

The new Valley Independent Sentinel has some very active news coverage of the Derby election and is another good resource to consult on a daily basis.

We congratulate all the candidates who ran - whether they won or lost. Democracy flourishes when there is an exchange of ideas, and all of the candidates deserve our thanks for putting themselves on the line for the betterment of our city!

The mayor receiving word of his victory

Complete results here

Mayor Anthony Staffieri has won a third term in office as Derby's chief elected official as he defeated his Democratic challenger Dan Foley, Jr. 1,766 to 1,355 in the 2009 election.

Incumbent Treasurer Keith McLiverty and Incumbent City Clerk Laura Wabno were also re-elected as republicans dominated the election. They will have seven seats on the Board of Aldermen. The Tax Board will have five Democrats and five Republicans. The Democrats won control of the Board of Education as six of the nine members will be Democrats.

Winning aldermen:

First ward:

Second Ward

Third Ward

Tax Board

Board of Education

Full candidate listing with pictures here.

Local newspaper sites -check for coverage:

Valley Gazette
New Haven Register
Connecticut Post
Waterbury Republican American

Candidate links:

Staffieri for Mayor website
Staffieri for Mayor Facebook site

Foley for Mayor Facebook site
Foley for Mayor website

As a fixed part of the this election part of the website, we will add links to websites maintained by political parties and candidates in the city for local elections as well as links to other related sites.