Barnstable Election 2021: Candidate Profiles, Where To Vote, More

BARNSTABLE, MA — The 2021 municipal election will be held Nov. 2 in Barnstable. There will be contested races for city council and school committee.

Candidates for town council, school committee, housing authority and town clerk will be on the ballot in Barnstable's town election, but just two races this year will be contested.

Barnstable, which has half its town council members up for election every other year, has even numbered districts on the ballot this year, running for four year terms. But just one of those districts will see a contested race. That's Precinct 12, where incumbent Paula Schnepp will square off against Donald Lynde.

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As for the school committee race, five candidates are running for two openings. Incumbent Stephanie Ellis is seeking re-election, but Barbara Dunn isn't. Ellis will face four challengers for the two spots, including Peter Goode, Andre King, Sara Gonzalez and Linda Letourneau.

Barnstable-Hyannis 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?

Town Council

District 2

• Eric Steinhilber (inc.)

District 4

• Nikolas Atsalis (inc.)

District 6

• Paul Neary (inc.)

District 8

• Jeffrey Mendes

District 10

• Matthew Levesque (inc.)

District 12

• Paula Schnepp (inc.)
• Donald Lynde

School Committee

• Peter Goode
• Stephanie Ellis (inc.)
• Andre King
• Sara Gonzalez
• Linda Letourneau

Housing Authority

• Michael Sweeney (inc.)

Town Clerk

• Ann Quirk (inc.

How to vote

Mail-in voting

Voters that requested mail-in ballots can return them by mail or bring it to Town Hall during business hours

In-person voting

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Click here to find your polling location.

Election results

Barnstable's 2021 municipal election results will be available beginning Tuesday night after polls close. Barnstable-Hyannis 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.