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==Government== {| class="wikitable" class="toccolours" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%;" |+ '''Prospect vote<br /> by party in presidential elections'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://authoring.ct.gov//SOTS/Election-Services/Statement-Of-Vote-PDFs/General-Elections-Statement-of-Vote-1922|title=General Election Statements of Vote, 1922 β Current|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref> |- ! Year ![[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] ![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]] !Others |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2020|2020]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.4%''' ''3,935'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.5% ''2,110'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% ''66'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016|2016]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.4%''' ''3,701'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.8% ''1,661'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.8% ''214'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2012|2012]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.8%''' ''3,235'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.7% ''1,839'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''75'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2008|2008]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.4%''' ''2,982'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.1% ''2,134'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% ''81'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2004|2004]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.1%''' ''2,983'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.0% ''1,804'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% ''93'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2000|2000]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.9%''' ''2,310'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.7% ''1,985'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.4% ''247'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1996|1996]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''43.7%''' ''1,845'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.4% ''1,750'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|14.9% ''630'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1992|1992]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''45.5%''' ''2,118'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.6% ''1,146'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|29.9% ''1,377'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1988|1988]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.8%''' ''2,379'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.1% ''1,366'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% ''42'' |- |} The present mayor is [[Robert Chatfield]], known to town residents as "Mayor Bob." First elected in 1977, Chatfield is the town's second mayor and for many residents is the only mayor they've ever known. He is the [[List of longest-serving mayors in the United States|sixth longest serving]] incumbent mayor in the United States, and the longest serving Mayor in Connecticut. As of 2020, Chatfield is serving in his 22nd term as the town's chief executive. Prospect operated under the [[Board of selectmen]] system of government until 1967, when it shifted to adopt a [[City manager|manager]]-council form of government. In 1975, the town adopted the [[mayor]]β[[city council|council]] system of government. George Sabo, the incumbent chief administrative officer, won election as the town's first mayor over his [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] opponent, Ronald Dreher. Sabo won 1,636 votes to Dreher's 1,189.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 5, 1975 |title=Sabo Now Mayor of Prospect |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/74851118/ |work=Naugatuck Daily News |location=Naugatuck |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> Chatfield, then a member of the town council, defeated Sabo in the 1977 election with 1,599 votes to Sabo's 1,311. Chatfield has been re-elected to the office ever since.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 9, 1977 |title=Republicans Victorious In Prospect With Clean Sweep Of Town Offices |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/74851118/ |work=Naugatuck Daily News |location=Naugatuck |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> His longevity in office has led him to become the only mayor residents have ever known. Prospect's town council employs [[Multiple non-transferable vote|block voting]] in its elections. A total of nine members are elected every two years, and the town charter mandates that no political party have a majority larger than one seat. Since 1977, the town council has been controlled by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.townofprospect.org/_files/information/town_charter.pdf |title=FINAL DRAFT OF CHARTER REVISIONS SUBMITTED TO TOWN CLERK |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= August 23, 2000 |website=townofprospect.org |publisher=Town of Prospect |access-date= October 2, 2020}}</ref> Other elected officials include the Town Clerk, the Town Treasurer, the Tax Collector, members of the Board of Assessment Appeals, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and seats to the Regional Board of Education. The current town hall was built in 1961, and prior to that there was no dedicated building for the town's government. Just prior to the construction of the town hall the government met in the back of Oliver's Supermarket (now LaBonne's Market). Prior to this, the town government met at the local tavern (which no longer exists) until 1841. From there, it regularly met in the basement of the Congregational Church. Other locations that they met were the Grange hall, Community School, and Center School.<ref name="Guevin"/>{{rp|142β143}} The town's form of government remained mostly unchanged until the 1960s, when it underwent a rapid series of changes, first replacing the three selectmen system with just one First Selectman, then changing the position to Chief Administrative Officer, and finally in 1975 to Mayor. Prospect is the least populated town in Connecticut with a mayoral form of government.<ref name="Guevin"/>{{rp|143β144}}
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