Three members of the Utah Constitution Party were elected to city office on November 3, 2009. They are Kenneth O. Lutes, elected Mayor of Elk Ridge; Matt Kimmel to the Syracuse City Council; and Thomas Butler to the Highland City Council. These were non-partisan elections, but newspapers generally would report the party affiliation of the various candidates.

Also, the party’s vice-chair, David Perry, polled 42% for Mayor in Sandy. Sandy is the sixth-largest city in Utah. Perry was the only opponent of the incumbent Mayor.

On November 3, former U.S. Attorney Robert Corrente declined to become the Moderate Party’s candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in 2010. However, he did say he is willing to serve as chair of the party’s Ethics Policy Committee, and that he is thinking of changing his registration from “Republican” to “Moderate.” See this story. Thanks to Peter Gemma for the link.

On November 3, the Working Families Party won two seats with its own nominees in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for the School Board. All local elections in Connecticut are partisan elections. Five seats were up, but parties were only permitted to run a maximum of three candidates. This law is meant to guarantee that one party doesn’t win all the seats.

Democrats won three seats, and the Working Families Party won the other two seats. The two Working Families Party winners are Maria Pereira and Sauda Baraka. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for this news.