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Wellesley Election 2018

Your vote counts — Wellesley votes on Tuesday, March 6, 2018

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Election results (3/6/18)

Contested seats:

There are three contested races in the March 6 election

1) Town Clerk (vote for 1):

Ron Alexander
K.C. Kato

Meet the candidates

2) NRC (vote for 2):

Laura Roberts
Martin J. McHale, Jr.
Jerry Nigro
Katie Griffith

Meet the candidates

3) School Committee (vote for 2):

Sharon Gray
Ronald Alexander
Linda H. Chow

Meet the candidates

Here are all the offices on the ballot for the March 6, 2018 election:

Board of Assessors, 1 seat (uncontested)
W. Arthur Garrity, III

Board of Public Works, 1 seat (uncontested)
David A. T. Donohue

Board of Health, 1 seat (uncontested)
Marcia Testa Simonson

Moderator, 1 year, 1 seat (uncontested)
Donald S. McCauley

Town Clerk, 3 years, 1 seat (contested)
Ron Alexander
KC Kato

Meet Wellesley’s two candidates for Town Clerk

Board of Selectmen, 2 seats (uncontested)
Marjorie R. Freiman
Jack H. Morgan

School Committee, 2 seats (contested)
Sharon Gray
Ron Alexander
Linda H. Chow

Library Trustees, 2 seats (uncontested)
Maura Murphy
Diane C. Savage

Natural Resources Commission, 2 seats (contested)
Laura Robert
Martin J. McHale, Jr.
Jerry Nigro
Katie Griffith

Meet the candidates for Natural Resources Commission

Planning Board, 2 seats (one 5-year and one 3-year), uncontested
James L. Roberti (5 years)
Kathleen E. Woodward (3 years)

Recreation Commission, 3 seats, (two 3-year and one 1-year), uncontested
Paul Cramer (3 years)
Mark Wolfson (3 years)
Laurance Stuntz (1 year)

All 10 Town Meeting seats for each precinct are up for election, with some additional seats available due to resignations.

General information about Wellesley government:

  • Wellesley has 11 Boards and Committees elected at the Annual Town election each year in March
  • The seats on these boards are staggered so that one or two seats are elected each year for 3-year terms
  • Planning and Housing are 5-year terms

Town Meeting

Wellesley also has a representative Town Meeting for 240 members elected by voting precinct.

Town Meeting Members have staggered three-year terms, so 10 are elected each year from each precinct.

Town Meeting meets in March/April to vote on operating budgets, capital expenditures and bylaws for the town.

Town of Wellesley’s official  Voting & Elections page

League of Women Voters interactive election guide

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