Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in local elections. For full coverage of the races in your town or city, go to https://www.theday.com/section/Election2023.

East Lyme

Democrat Dan Cunningham and Republican Anne Santoro, both selectmen, are vying to be the town’s next first selectman. Voters will also elect members to the Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance, Board of Education, Board of Assessment Appeals, Planning Commission, and Zoning Commission. They also will vote on 11 charter revision questions.

Groton

Nineteen candidates are running for nine spots on the Town Council. Five four-year seats and one two-year seat are up for election on the nine-member Board of Education. Voters also will elect Representative Town Meeting members.

For the first time, city elections are being held in November. All the races ― for city mayor, city council and city clerk ― are uncontested.

Lyme

First Selectman David Lahm, a Republican, and Democratic Selectmen John Kiker and Kristina White, a petitioning candidate, are all running uncontested. All other races are uncontested as well, except for the Board of Education race in which Democrat Gavin Lodge is challenging incumbent Republican Mary Powell-St. Louis.

Montville

Leonard Bunnell, a Democrat, and Tom McNally, a Republican, are vying to be mayor, as Mayor Ronald McDaniel retires. Voters will elect a Town Council, among other races. Eleven candidates are running for seven Town Council seats.

Seven candidates are running for six available seats on the nine-member Board of Education.

New London

The city’s mayoral race features Democratic incumbent Michael Passero, who is cross-endorsed by the Working Families Party, Republican Beloved Carter, and Green Party candidate Leon Richard Long.

Eleven candidates are contending for seven seats on the City Council, while 10 candidates are vying for seven Board of Education seats.

Norwich

Eleven candidates are running for six seats on the City Council, while 12 candidates are vying for nine seats on the Board of Education. The race for treasurer is unopposed.

Norwich voters also will decide two referendum questions: whether to approve $44.75 million for a new police station and an additional $6 million for road and bridge improvements.

Old Lyme

Democratic Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker and Republican John Mesham, a retired state trooper, are competing for the first selectman seat. The two other seats on the Board of Selectmen will be filled by the top vote-getters among the two candidates for selectman and the losing first selectman candidate. Voters will also decide on the town treasurer and tax collector and seats on the Board of Finance, Board of Assessment Appeals, Planning Commission, Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education.

Preston

All three selectmen are running unopposed. There are contested races for Board of Education, Board of Finance and other commissions.

Stonington

Four candidates ― Forward Party candidate and incumbent Danielle Chesebrough, Republican Bryan Bentz, Democrat Laura Graham and unaffiliated petitioning candidate Michael Spellman ― are competing for the first selectman spot.

Four candidates ― incumbent Republican Deborah Downie, incumbent Forward Party candidate June Strunk, Democrat Ben Tamsky and unaffiliated petitioning candidate Frank Todisco ― are vying for two seats on the Board of Selectmen. The two highest vote-getters among the four selectman candidates and the three losing first selectman candidates will be elected to the two seats.

Among the other races, voters will elect three members of the Board of Education and three members of the Board of Finance.

Waterford

First Selectman Robert Brule, a Republican, Selectman Greg Attanasio, a Democrat, and Richard Muckle, a Republican, face no challenge in the Board of Selectmen race. Eight candidates are vying for five seats on the nine-member Board of Education. Among other races, voters will elect Representative Town Meeting members.

Where to vote

See the list below for where you should cast your ballot.

Election Day

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