Municipal Election: Early Voting, Candidates

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October 2, 2025  |  by Ted Craft

Election Day for municipal offices is Tuesday, November 4, but 14 days of early voting precede that date.

On the ballot are these offices and the number of seats:

A sample of the two-sided ballot appears at the bottom of this page.

Voting dates

Early Voting: October 20 through November 2. Ballots can be cast in the Town Hall Meeting Room from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Exceptions: October 28 and 30, when the hours are 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. (There is no early voting on Monday, November 3.)

Election Day: Tuesday, November 4. 6:00 am to 8:00 pm in the Weston Middle School gym. (Use the back entrance.)

See below for information about registration and absentee voting.

Offices and candidates

This year’s election is lightly contested. First Selectwoman Samantha Nestor is unopposed for reelection. Both candidates for Selectman, Democrat Tony Pesco and Republican Lauren Traum, will also win by default. With one exception — the Board of Education — the same is true for all other offices.

Our interview with Ms. Nestor and Dr. Pesco can be found here. Ms. Traum declined our invitation to interview.

Since the race for Board of Education is competitive, we invited the candidates to interviews. We have reports on our interviews with Deborah Low, Lisa Luft, and Nicole Wallach. One candidate, Jason Lee, did not respond to our invitation.

In the list of offices and candidates below, an asterisk denotes an incumbent.

First Selectman
Samantha Nestor (D)*

Selectman
Tony Pesco (D)*
Lauren Traum (R)

Board of Education
Three of the following four will be elected.
Deborah Low (D)
Lisa Luft (D)*
Nicole Wallach (D)
Jason Lee (R)

Board of Finance
Chris Bryant (D)*
Daniel Gershburg (D)*
Jim Aselta (R)*
Annalise Ferrara (R)*
Alex Staehely (R)

Planning & Zoning Commission
Sally Korsh (D)*
Megan Loucas (D)*
Robert Dewilder (R)

Police Commission
John Dembishack (D)*
Steve Ezzes (D)
Kirby Brendsel (R)*
Robert Kozlowsky (R)

Board of Assessment Appeals
Anne Kendall (D)*
Lisa Zhang (R)

Zoning Board of Appeals
Richard Ruggiero (D)
Jason Bergman (R)*

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate
Richard Wolf (R)*

Registering to vote

At the time of this update, the deadline to register online, at the DMV, or by mailing in a form has passed.

Same-day registration (in person) is still available, on any of the early voting days and on Election Day, November 4.

Absentee ballots

Absentee ballot applications are available at the Town Clerk’s office through November 3. You can also apply on the State web portal. Or, you can download and print an application from the Town Clerk page of the Town website.

Applications and ballots can be dropped in the Ballot Box at Town Hall. Absentee ballots are counted at the middle school polling place on November 4.

Sample ballot (click to enlarge)

Editor’s Note: This article was revised on October 20 to update registration information and include links to candidate interviews. It was previously updated on October 8 to include more voter registration information and the sample ballot.