2021 Stamford mayoral election

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On July 25, the Stamford City Committee narrowly voted to endorse Simmons over the incumbent Martin, with 21 members voting for Simmons and 19 voting for Martin. Shortly thereafter, Martin declared his intention to continue with his candidacy and force a primary. According to the Connecticut Secretary of State, Martin was required to collect 1,550 signatures, 5 percent of the total number of registered Democrats in the city.^[5] Martin collected over 3,000 signatures, guaranteeing a Democratic Primary.^[6]

The primary was held on September 14.^[7][8] The ballot also included elections for the Stamford Board of Representative District 5, and Stamford Board of Representative District 19.^[9] Simmons won in a landslide, earning a majority of support in all of city's 20 voting districts. Martin conceded the night of the primary and endorsed Simmons.^[1]

• Caroline Simmons, state representative^[10][11]

• David Martin, incumbent mayor^[10][11] (endorsed Simmons)^[12]

• Christopher Malloy, former member of the Stamford Democratic Committee and nephew of former mayor and former governor of Connecticut Dannel Malloy (endorsed Simmons)^[13][11][14]

Campaign finance reports as of July 17, 2021
Quarter	1st quarter (January—March 2021)			2nd quarter (April—June 2021)
Candidate	Total raised	Contributors	% who live in Stamford	Total raised	Contributors	% who live in Stamford
David Martin	$52,800	100	58%	$25,600	94	70%
Caroline Simmons	$158,000	484	33%	$81,600	420	60%
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Democratic primary^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Caroline Simmons	4,156	63.28%
	Democratic	David Martin (incumbent)	2,412	36.72%
Total votes			6,568	100%

The Republican Stamford City Committee endorsed Joe Corsello as its mayoral candidate. However, he withdrew from the race on September 8 and endorsed Bobby Valentine.^[17]

• Joe Corsello, drummer and retired police detective^[18]

The Independent Party of Connecticut endorsed Caroline Simmons for mayor in August 2021.^[19]

• Caroline Simmons, state representative^{[a][10][11][19]}

• Bobby Valentine, former baseball player and manager and former Stamford Director of Public Safety^{[20][21][22][23]}