Fairfield Democrats are projected to expand their majority in the town’s representative town meeting (RTM), according to unofficial voting results.

While the results have not been shared by the state’s Secretary of State, election data from FairfieldVotes.org shows that Democrats are poised to add as many as seven new RTM seats, with the race in District 3 tied for fourth place. 

“Fairfield voters understood the assignment — and delivered! Election Day 2025 brought overwhelmingly positive results for our Democratic slate. And with one RTM race likely headed for a recount, we may yet see a full clean sweep!,” Fairfield Democrats said in a post on their Facebook account. 

The results also show that Fairfield University Senior Brendan Murray, who was running for RTM District 8 as a Republican, failed to get enough votes to win a position on the town’s legislative body. According to the unofficial tabulation, as of 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Murray had obtained 659 votes, placing seventh in a field of eight candidates.

The RTM race garnered attention from students due to the growing crackdown on off-campus beach parties from Fairfield Police. On the student social media Fizz, posts promoting Murray’s candidacy claimed the election was an opportunity for students to defend off-campus social life and university traditions. 

“Everyone vote Brendan Murray at downtown bookstore if [yo]u want to have any social life going forward,” one post said. Another post claimed that votes not cast by a Fairfield student “is a vote cast for those who hate them.”

In addition to the politics senior student, posts on Fizz and on the off-campus senior class GroupMe encouraged students to back RTM 9 candidate and Seagrape Cafe owner Peter Collins, who currently serves as an alternate for the Town Planning and Zoning Commission.

At Tuesday’s elections, Collins finished in fifth place after obtaining 847 votes, almost 200 votes less than the next closest candidate, Lisa Havey. The beach RTM district will remain under Democratic control, after all four Democrats, including former Fairfield University professor Amanda Morgan, obtained enough votes to succeed in the race.