Braintree Election 2021: Another Candidate Joins Town Council Race

BRAINTREE, MA — Another town council hopeful has put her hat in the ring for the Braintree town election this November.

Carol-ann Ricardo took out nomination papers to run in District 2, and open race that will see her, former Councilor John Mullaney and Joseph Reynold square off.

"The residents of Braintree need a voice and an advocate to address the real issues in our community," Ricardo said in a Facebook post. "We need to continue the momentum for change that we fought so hard to initiate two years ago."

As of Wednesday, 28 candidates told Town Clerk Jim Casey they intend to run in the town election on Nov. 2. Among those candidates are two former town councilors vying to get a seat again: Thomas Bowes in District 3 and Mullaney in District 2.

The school committee term is for four years, and town council seats are for two years.

Candidates include:

Town Council

Councilor At-large (three win)

• Shannon Hume (inc.)
• David Ringius (inc.)
• Charles Ryan (inc.)

District 1 (all districts pick one)

• Julia Flaherty (inc.)
• Jodi Walorz-Killeffer

District 2

• John Mullaney
• Joseph Reynolds
• Carol-ann Ricardo

District 3

• Thomas Bowes
• Elizabeth Maglio

District 4

• Stephen O'Brien (inc.)

District 5

• Meredith Boericke (inc.)

District 6

• Larry Mackin (inc.)

School Committee

• Lisa Fiske-Heger
• Treacy Lewald
• Stephanie Burrell
• Argyro Armstrong
• Thomas Thackeray
• Kathleen Tuffy
• Matthew Lynch

Library Trustee

• Timothy Carey (inc.)
• Margaret Morton (inc.)
• Jeffrey Kunz (inc.)
• Rachel Duffy

Electric Light Board

• James Regan (inc.)
• Thomas Reynolds (inc.)
• John McKinley

Housing Authority

• Albion Fletcher

Candidates have until 5 p.m. Sept. 10 to get nomination papers from the town clerk's office and have until 5 p.m., Sept. 14 to bring them back with the required number of signatures.