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Winchester, Connecticut

2026 election results. 5 contests on Winchester's ballot in Connecticut's official results. Question 1: "Shall the Charter be amended to make the Town Clerk position professionally appointed by the Town Manager, effective January 3, 2028?": Yes ahead with 50.6%. Question 2: "Shall the Charter be amended to extend the term of Registrar of Voters to four years, effective January 3, 2029?": Yes ahead with 62.9%.

5 contests on Winchester's ballot

From Connecticut's official results file, where the contest's name gives Winchester as its place. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Local measures

Winchester Question 1: "Shall the Charter be amended to make the Town Clerk position professionally appointed by the Town Manager, effective January 3, 2028?"

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,81150.6%
No1,76949.4%

Yes ahead with 50.6%.

Winchester Question 2: "Shall the Charter be amended to extend the term of Registrar of Voters to four years, effective January 3, 2029?"

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,26962.9%
No1,33837.1%

Yes ahead with 62.9%.

Winchester Question 3: "Shall the Charter be amended to limit an elector's membership to only one of the following boards: Board of Selectmen; Board of Education; Zoning Board of Appeals; Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission; Board of Assessment Appeals; Water and Sewer Commission; Planning and Zoning Commission?"

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,73776.7%
No83223.3%

Yes ahead with 76.7%.

Winchester Question 4: "Shall the Charter be amended to compress the time frame of the Budget adoption process?"

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,06958.6%
No1,46441.4%

Yes ahead with 58.6%.

Winchester Question 5: "Shall the Charter be amended to adopt a definition of elector and property owner and be amended to only allow electors to hold elective office or to serve on any Town board, commission, agency or committee of the Town?"

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,30065.8%
No1,19734.2%

Yes ahead with 65.8%.

Statewide races in Litchfield County

Governor

Ryan Fazio
51.9%41,888
Ned Lamont
48.1%38,817
90% counted

These are Litchfield County's votes, which include Winchester's. Statewide: Ned Lamont wins. Called.

Litchfield County's page has its U.S. House results and its other local contests.

Sources & scope

Connecticut's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 4:42 PM. Unofficial until certified. This page lists the contests whose names in that file give Winchester as their place; other contests on Winchester voters' ballots, such as school boards and districts, are on Litchfield County's page.