Tuesday's Deadline Yields 38 Qualified Candidates for Attleboro Municipal Elections

The stage has officially been set for what is shaping up to be a competitive city election in Attleboro.

In all, 38 candidates returned nomination papers and were certified for election by the Tuesday afternoon deadline, including six candidates who submitted papers on the final two days.

On Monday, Jim Burns was officially certified as a candidate for an At-Large school committee position and Pamela McGovern was officially certified for the Ward 1 school committee spot.

On Tuesday, Kathleen Hohlfield was certified to run for the Ward 4 city council seat. Additionally, Julienne Singer and Roberta Wuilleumier were certified to run for an At-Large school committee spot.

John Davis qualified to run for Ward 3 city councilor against Benjamin Dowling and incumbent Frank Cook on Tuesday, making the three-person race the only contest to qualify for a Sept. 17 preliminary election before the municipal election on Nov. 5.

In total, 10 races will be contested this fall. Here is a look at who is officially running:

Mayor: Kevin Dumas
City Clerk: Betty Shockroo
City Collector: Deb Marcoccio
City Treasurer: Ethel Sandbach
City Council At Large: James Dilisio, Richard Conti, Peter Blais, Brian Kirby, Heather Porreca, Ronald Churchill, Stephen Kane
Ward 1 City Council: Walter Thibodeau
Ward 2 City Council: Mark Cooper, Rick Correia
Ward 3 City Council: Benjamin Dowling, Frank Cook, John Davis
Ward 4 City Council: Jonathan Weydt, Kathleen Hohlfield
Ward 5 City Council: Jeremy Denlea
Ward 6 City Council: Shannon Heagney

School Committee At Large: David Murphy, Jim Stors, Barbara Craw, Julienne Singer, Jim Burns, Roberta Wuilleumier
Ward 1 School Committee: Dianne Pickett, Pamela McGovern
Ward 2 School Committee: William Larson
Ward 3 School Committee: Jessica Bessell, Stephen Withers Jr.
Ward 4 School Committee: Brenda Furtado, Lori Scales
Ward 5 School Committee: Laura Dolan, Fran Zito
Ward 6 School Committee: Michael Tyler, David Blessinger