Polls are open in the Greater Danbury area for municipal elections. Most municipalities have double sided ballots and town clerks are reminding residents to turn their ballot over to be sure to complete both sides. Numerous boards and commissions are up for election today.
Bethel First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker will serve a 7th term as he is running unopposed. Several other candidates at the top of the ticket also aren't facing competition.
Bridgewater First Selectman Curtis Read is also unopposed.
Brookfield First Selectman race features three candidates. Democratic incumbent Steve Dunn, Republican Tara Carr and petitioning candidate Austin Monteiro squared off in a debate last month.
Danbury has an open race for Mayor for the first time in 20 years. Republican Dean Esposito and Democrat Roberto Alves met in a candidates forum last month hosted by the Citywide PTO. They also participated in a debate sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Kent residents are deciding between four candidates for First Selectman.
New Fairfield First Selectman Pat Del Monaco will serve another term.
New Milford Republican incumbent Mayor Pete Bass is being challenged by Democrat Ted Hine, from one of the town's oldest families.
Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal will serve another term, but with a different party. He is running unopposed for the position and is on the ballot with SAM, Serve America Movement.
Redding Democratic incumbent First Selectwoman Julia Pemberton is facing a challenge from Republican former state Representative John Shaban.
Ridgefield residents are voting for a number of Boards and Commissions today, but not the Board of Selectmen. That group is elected every four years.
Sherman First Selectman Don Lowe will serve another term as he run unopposed today.
Southbury Incumbent Republican First Selectman Jeff Manville is being challenged by Democrat John Diehl.
Sample ballots for all Connecticut municipalities can be viewed on the Secretary of the State's website. Only one town has a ballot question to decide, in addition to electing slates of candidates. In Newtown, residents are being asked shall the 8 million dollar special appropriation and bond authorization for the Hawley-Ventilation and HVAC renovation project be approved.
