Updated Nov. 4, 2026: adds turnout, the governor's race and the rest of the ballot in Weston, and replaces the partial charter question count with the registrars' preliminary count.
Weston's first selectwoman, Samantha Nestor, won the open 26th District seat in the state Senate on Tuesday, carrying all eight towns in the district.
Nestor, a Democrat, received 28,572 votes, or 65.4 percent, to 15,114 for Republican Alma Sarelli of Westport, according to the Secretary of the State's unofficial results. In Weston she won 3,050 to 1,618.
Nestor's campaign called her "a candidate who has sat on the receiving end of state policy." She was first elected first selectwoman in 2021 and is in her third term. Sen. Ceci Maher, the Democrat who held the seat, was not on the ballot.
If Nestor leaves the first selectwoman's job, Weston's charter sets out what comes next. The selectman designated under the charter as acting first selectman takes over. If the vacancy comes six months or more before the next regular town election, the acting first selectman serves only until a special election, which must be held within 30 days of the vacancy. Closer to the regular election, the acting first selectman serves out the term.
135th House District
State Rep. Anne Hughes, a Democrat from Easton, won a fifth term with 6,372 votes, or 57.7 percent, to 4,676 for Republican Darrell Harris, also of Easton. She carried Weston, 2,750 to 1,909, and Redding, 2,726 to 1,773, and lost Easton, 994 to 896. Our preview covered where they split on the state's housing appeals law.
The charter questions
Voters rejected all three charter questions according to the registrars' preliminary count posted Wednesday afternoon: 2,621 to 1,788 against the change to party limits on town boards, 2,663 to 1,753 against ending the Annual Town Budget Meeting's power to cut the budget, and 2,320 to 1,998 against the rest of the charter rewrite. Our October story explains what each would have done.
The rest of the ballot in Weston
- Turnout: 68.2 percent, 4,804 of the town's 7,048 registered voters, by the state's count.
- Governor: Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz carried Weston with 68.4 percent, 3,236 to 1,496 over Republicans Ryan Fazio and Matt Corey. Statewide they led 58.9 percent to 41.1 percent in the state's count Wednesday afternoon, with about 93 percent of precincts reporting.
- Congress, 4th District: Rep. Jim Himes, a Democrat, won another term, 156,442 to 77,960 over Republican Michael Ted Goldstein, with 4,543 for Benjamin Wesley of the Independent Party. In Weston, Himes had 3,320, Goldstein 1,318 and Wesley 108.
- Statewide offices: the Democrats carried Weston for secretary of the state (Stephanie Thomas, 70.1 percent), treasurer (Erick Russell, 65.5 percent), comptroller (Sean Scanlon, 65.6 percent) and attorney general (William Tong, 69.6 percent).
- Judge of Probate, 50th District: Lisa Wexler, a Democrat, unopposed, 3,562 votes in town.
- Registrar of Voters: Deirdre Doran, a Democrat, received 3,057 votes, and Tammy Herzog Roberts, a Republican, 1,532.
The figures are unofficial until the town's results are certified.