Brookline Elections Results: Override & Who Won

BROOKLINE, MA — The polls have closed in Brookline and now the grand tally begins. Stay tuned for the results here. This year 8,107, registered Brookline voters cast a ballot, that's 22.2 percent of the voters, according to Town Clerk Pat Ward.

"It's bigger than last year but not as big as the mirror ballot three years ago. I expected more," he said.

Override or no?

There were two override questions on the ballot. Question 1 was a general override, Question 2: was to fund the high school renovations.

Question 1: Passes: 5,400 yes 2,367 no

Question 2: Passes: 5664 yes. 2,490 no

School Committee:

Six candidates are running for three seats on the School Committee. Incumbent Barbara Scotto was seeking reelection whereas Beth Jackson Stram and Ben Chang are stepping down. Jennifer Monopoli, David Pearlman, Nathan Shpritz, Sara Stoutland, and James Swaim were vying for the open seats along with Scotto.

Scotto, Pearlmen and Monopoli were elected.

Scotto 3,528

Pearlmen 3,372

Monopoli 3,226

Swaiun 3189

Select Board:
There are two seats up for grabs for the Select Board, incumbents Nancy Heller and Bernard Greene are up against Richard Nangle and Donelle S. O'Neal, Sr. for the three year term.

The two seats go to: Early results indicate Greene and Heller will keep their seats, according to Ward.

Heller: 4807

Greene 4,116

Nangle 2,667

O'Neal 1263 (last time he ran last year he got 1,291 votes)

Town Meeting members:
Each precinct had the chance to vote for Town Meeting Members to represent them at the twice annual Town Meeting where the legislative branch of Brookline's government votes on Warrant Articles and Resolutions. The next Town Meeting will be May 22.

In the Town Meeting member races Ward said incumbents were knocked off in precincts 8,12 and 15.

• Precinct 3: David Aronson, Dennis Doughty, Jane Gilman Donald Leka are running for reelection. Ben Doughty and Gary Jones are running, vying for the five open seats.
• Precinct 5: Dennis DeWitt and Cynthia Drake are running against one another for a two year seat.
• Precinct 6: John Bassett, Arthur Conquest, Chris Dempsy, Virginia LaPlante, Daniel Saltzman and Cecilia Y are vying for five seats in a three year term. Meanwhile: Malcolm Doldron, Jeffrey David Rudolph and Anne Trecker are running for two seats that last for a one year term.
• Precinct 7: Susan Cohen, Susan Ellis, Susan Granoff and Jonathan Margolis, Christi Electris and Lara Jarell are running for five seats with a three year term.
• Precinct 8: Eight people are running for five seats with a three year term, including David-Marc Goldstein, Anita Johnson, Edward Loechler, Lisamarie Sears, Tracie Elliot Burns, Mitchell Heineman, Cynthia Lee, and Michael Toffel.
• Precinct 11: Six people are running for five open seats for a three year term including, Carrie Benedon, Shira Fischer, David Lescohier, David Pollack, Jacob Pourati and Jeffery Wachter.
• Precinct 12: Six people are running here for five open seats for a three year term including, Lee Cooke-Childs, Amy Hummel, Mark Lowenstein, Judy Myers, Harry Margolis and Jules Milner-Brage.
• Precinct 15: Eight people are running for five open seats for a three year term, including Eileen Berger, Beneicte Hallowell, Janice Kahn, Ira Krepchin, Ab Sadeghi-Nejad , Elisabeth Cunningham, Barbara Gutman, and Sandra Isaacs.

And if you're counting; Pat Ward who was running unopposed was top of ticket with 5,540 votes will stay as Town Cleark as will Town Meeting Moderator Sandy Gadsby with his 5,275 votes.

Previously on Patch:

Brookline Elections May 8: What To Know

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