Total Republican Control

Republicans will resume one-party control of New Britain City Hall, with both Republican Mayor Erin Stewart and a Republican-controlled City Council.

Republicans appear to now control the Council by at least 8 to 7, resuming Republican control of both branches of the city government that they lost in the 2017 city elections. With two candidates in the Second Ward separated by only a few votes, the Republicans may end up with an 9 to 6 margin of control.

Stewart will return for a fourth term, matching the number of years that her father, former Republican Mayor Timothy Stewart held the position.

The Republican political machine of the two Stewart mayors has dominated the New Britain city government for most of two decades.

Democrats, however, appear to have won three of the five Board of Education seats elected on Tuesday. That would put the Democrats back into the majority on the Board for the first time since 2015. For the past four years, the Board has been evenly split, with each party holding five of the ten seats.

Republicans also gained control of the Board of Assessment Appeals.

Unofficial details of the results available on the website of the Secretary of the State, as of November 6th at 1:00am, were,

The results of the election are now certain put an unflattering focus on New Britain Democratic Party Chair Bill Shortell. Under Shortell’s leadership, New Britain Democrats have not only lost two mayoral elections and the City Council majority, but also lost the Sixth State Senate District to the Republicans for the first time in two generations.