New London ― As the final unofficial poll numbers came into the Little Galapagos Restaurant & Bar on Broad Street Tuesday night, City Council member James Burke’s voice boomed across the bar.

“Row A all the way in this election,” he said, referring to the line of seven endorsed Democratic City Council candidates who prevailed in Tuesday’s primary and will see their names on November general election ballots.

Council incumbents Reona Dyess, Carmen Jocelyn Rosario, John Satti, Efrain Dominguez Jr., Alma Nartatez and Akil Peck, as well as Jefferey Hart, a Board of Education member seeking a council seat this fall, will face off against several Republican and Green Party challengers on Nov. 7. Burke has opted not to seek re-election.

“Democrats came out and made their choices,” said Zak Leavy, chairman of the Democratic Town Committee.

Two petitioning candidates, Mirna Martinez and Shineika Fareus, collected enough signatures throughout July and August to force the primary election, but failed to garner enough support Tuesday to supplant any of the town committee choices.

Martinez and Fareus ran on the “Opening Doors” platform of promoting affordable housing, landlord accountability, transparent government and increasing youth and senior programming in the city.

“It’s frustrating,” Martinez said from inside Shalondra’s 4th & Goal restaurant on Bank Street as her team tallied the election returns. “But I’m proud of us. Shineika’s a dynamo and if people didn’t know her name before, they know it now.”

Beverly McKelvin, 73, said she voted for Martinez, Fareus and five endorsed Democrats. She said she made her ballot selections based on candidate accomplishments and what she knows about them personally.

“And I prayed about it really hard,” she said.

McKelvin, a lifelong New London resident, said council members in the last two years have done a “so-so” job representing residents.

“Everyone needs to work harder, but you can’t complain if you don’t go to those council meetings,” McKelvin said.

The Democratic slate will face off against Republican-endorsed candidates Aaron Ide, Gina Phillips, Karen Paul, John Russell and Steve Brenek in November. New London Green Party members endorsed Seanice Austin as their City Council candidate.

Voter traffic at the city’s three polling locations slowed to a trickle by noon at all three city polling locations with arriving voters at times outnumbered by the candidates stumping outside.

Karen Bergin, 71, split her ballot by voting for the two petitioning candidates and five endorsed candidates. Bergin, who moved to New London from Bolton five years ago, said she was won over by Martinez and Fareus’ campaign promises to promote open and accessible government.

“People many times just need basic help getting information and want to know who best to go to for it,” she said.

At the Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School polling site on Tuesday afternoon, 57-year-old Jeremy Driscoll said he cast his votes for all seven town committee-endorsed candidates.

“Trust the past,” he said.

The official results from Democratic Registrar of Voters Rich Martin are as follows: Dominguez, 523; Dyess, 491; Hart, 493; Nartatez, 501; Peck, 475; Rosario, 467; Satti, 487; Martinez: 433; and Fareus, 355.

j.penney@theday.com