Your vote counts — Wellesley votes on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Contested seats:
There are three contested races in the March 6 election
1) Town Clerk (vote for 1):
Ron Alexander
K.C. Kato
2) NRC (vote for 2):
Laura Roberts
Martin J. McHale, Jr.
Jerry Nigro
Katie Griffith
3) School Committee (vote for 2):
Sharon Gray
Ronald Alexander
Linda H. Chow
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
Headlines
Meet the Wellesley candidates night on March 1
What they’ll be talking about at Wellesley Town Meeting
Wellesley Town Meeting by the numbers
