Andover Election 2022: Candidate Profiles, Where To Vote, More

ANDOVER, MA — The 2022 municipal election will be held Tuesday in Andover, and the race for school committee is expected to be hotly contested, with five candidates on the ballot for two open seats — and neither incumbent running for re-election.

There will also be a contested race for town moderator, featuring a rematch from prior years. But the Select Board and Punchard Free School Trustees races are uncontested, with two candidates filing for two seats on each board. No one filed to run for the open seat on the Trustees of the Cornell Fund.

Andover Patch sent out a questionnaire to all candidates in contested races and published profiles for those who submitted answers. Those profiles are linked below.

Here's what you need to know if you're headed to the polls on Election Day.

Who's running?

School Committee - 2 seats, 3-year term

• Sandis Wright
• Emily DiCesaro
• Jo A. Thorlin
• Erin Cash
• Shishan Wang

Town Moderator - 1 seat, 1-year term

• Sheila Doherty (inc.)
• Keith Saxon

Select Board - 2 seats, 3-year term

• Melissa Danisch
• Alex Vispoli (inc.)

Punchard Free School Trustee - 2 seats, one 1-year term and one 3-year term

• 3-year term: Dawn Gillette
• 1-year term: Chip Gregory

The moderator race sees long-time incumbent Sheila Doherty facing Keith Saxon again. Saxon previously ran against Doherty in 2018 and 2019 and considered running in 2020. In other years, she has run unopposed.

Both School Committee incumbents, Paul Murphy and Shannon Scully, opted not to run for re-election, leaving the race wide open. Shishan Wang has run for the committee in the past, but the other four candidates are newcomers.

How to Vote

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Click here to find your polling location.

Election results

Andover's 2022 municipal election results will be available beginning Tuesday night after polls close. Andover Patch will post them as soon as they are available. Sign up for email alerts here, or like us on Facebook for the latest on local elections.