Wellesley 2026 election results: Incumbents Sullivan Woods, Ulfelder return to Select Board; Panagopoulos, Sullivan to join School Committee

According to unofficial election results released on Tuesday night, Wellesley Select Board incumbents Beth Sullivan Woods and Tom Ulfelder both retained seats for their fourth terms in what was a tense three-candidate race. Contender Marc Charney, seeking to bring a new perspective to the board, finished third; he’ll remain chair of the Planning Board.

According to the unofficial results (not including a relatively small number of hand-counted votes), Sullivan Woods was the top vote getter with 2,539, followed by Ulfelder with 1,906 and Charney with 1,535. Sullivan Woods and Ulfelder earned new three-year terms on the Select Board, which serves as the town’s chief executive body.

Unlike with the Select Board, none of the four candidates in the only other contested town-wide race—running for two School Committee seats— were incumbents.

The top two vote getters were Costas Panagopoulos with 1,906 and Bob Sullivan with 1,735, both of whom earned three-year seats on the School Committee, which develops and manages school policies, and much more. Candidates Ayla Lari tallied 1,456 votes and Michael Robert Cave received 680.

We’ll have more results before long.