State Rep. Brenda Kupchick is eager to begin work as Fairfield's second ever elected first selectwoman.  

The republican state representative is a Fairfield native, and she won the election against Mike Tetreau, a Democrat, who held the position since 2011. 

She will be sworn in as the first selectwoman on Monday, Nov. 25 and per town charter, cannot serve as both a state representative and first selectwoman. She says she will send in an official letter of resignation as state representative prior to her term. A special election will be held for her seat. 

 

Kupchick is the second first selectwoman elected to the position in Fairfield's 380-year history.

Jacky Durrell was the first elected first selectwoman, serving from 1983 to 1993. 

Kupchick is a third generation Fairfield resident, and was married in 1985. She had a son in 1986 and started a small heating and cooling business with her husband, Peter Kupchick, in the early 1990s.

Kupchick says she'll have an open-door policy as first selectwoman.

She plans to work on economic development, stabilize taxes and make the town more affordable.