Barnstable School Committee, Town Council Races Headline Election

BARNSTABLE, MA — 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.

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.

See the full ballot for the Nov. 2 election below:

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.