Incumbents Win In Burlington Selectmen's Race

BURLINGTON, MA -- Incumbents Joseph Morandi and Michael Runyan defeated challengers Virginia Mooney and Nicholas Priest in a four-way race for two open seats on the Burlington Board of Selectmen in Saturday's town election. In the only other contested, town-wide race, Kevin Sheehan and Ram Voruganti were elected to the board of library trustees, with Hiral Gandhi finishing third.

Of the candidates running unopposed for town wide office, no incumbent got fewer votes than School Committee member Martha Simon with 1,276. Simon also was challenged by write-in candidate Kim Milne, who received 260 votes despite not being listed on the ballot. Milne did not announce that she was running until the morning of the election.

There were also two contested races for town meeting representative. In Precinct One, incumbents Donna Gregorio, Michael Hardy, Mark Saia, Adam Senesi and David Woodilla, as well as newcomer William Boivin, were elected to three-year terms. Voruganti and Michael Espejo were the also-rans in that race.

Meanwhile, in Precinct Four, former Moderator Sally Willard joined incumbents Joan Hastings, Frank Monaco, Virginia Mooney, Laura Nichols and Eileen Sickler in winning three-year terms. Kelly Lax and Schiffan Wong finished seventh and eight in the race for six seats.

Turnout for the election was 13.78%, with 2,177 of 15,793 registered voters casting ballots on Saturday. That was down from last year, when turnout was 17.66%. The total number of votes for each candidate in each race is listed below. Winners are in bold type.

Moderator (one-year term, choose one)

• William Beyer: 1,500

Board of Selectmen (three-year term, choose two)

• Joseph Morandi: 1,163
• Michael Runyan: 1,134
• Virginia Mooney: 381
• Nicholas Priest: 1,068

Assessor (three-year term, choose one)

• Paul R. Sheehan: 1,490

School Committee (three-year term, choose one)

• Martha Simon: 1,276
• Kim Milne (write-in candidate): 260
• Other write-ins: 14
• Blanks: 627

Library Trustees (three-year term, choose two)

• Hiral Gandhi: 856
• Kevin Sheehan: 1,305
• Ram Voruganti: 942

Library Trustees (two-year term, choose one)

• Adam Woodbury: 1,423

Planning Board (five-year term, choose one)

• Paul Raymond: 1,455

Board of Health (three-year term, choose two)

• David McSweeney: 1,429
• Elizabeth Walendziewicz: 1,379

Housing Authority (five-year term, choose one)

• Angela Wells (write-in): 533
• Rahul Aggarwal (write-in): 171
• Other write-ins: 153

Recreation Commission (three-year term, choose one)

• David Nordeen: 1,500

Shawsheen Technical High School Committee (three-year term, choose one)

• Paul Gedick: 1,597

Precinct One Town Meeting Member (three-year term, choose six)

• Donna D. Gregorio: 249
• Michael J. Hardy: 237
• Mark S. Saia: 239
• Adam Senesi: 215
• David J. Woodilla: 203
• William S. Boivin: 233
• Michael Espejo: 112
• Ram Voruganti: 129

Precinct Two Town Meeting Member (three-year term, choose six)

• Eleanor O'Connell: 138
• Gene Rossi: 111
• John Ryan: 110
• Myrna Saltman: 120
• Kimberly Trainor: 115
• Laure Vittum: 116

Precinct Two Town Meeting Member (two-year term, choose one)

No candidates on ballot.

Precinct Two Town Meeting Member (one-year term, choose one)

• Heidi Brosnan: 127

Precinct Three Town Meeting Member (three-year term, choose six)

• Lucy Damiani: 230
• Joanne Frustaci: 212
• Stephen Marchese Sr.: 231
• Mildred Nash: 231
• Paul Noonan: 223
• Julianne Ouellet: 211

Precinct Three Town Meeting Member (one-year term, choose one)

• Andrew Bean: 237

Precinct Four Town Meeting Member (three-year term, choose six)

• Joan B. Hastings: 183
• Frank P. Monaco: 179
• Virginia E. Mooney: 143
• Laura G. Nichols: 175
• Eileen Claire Sickler: 157
• Kelley Lax: 109
• Sally Willard: 146
• Schiffan Wong: 112

Precinct Four Town Meeting Member (two-year term, choose one)

No candidates on ballot.

Precinct Five Town Meeting Member (three-year term, choose six)

• Patricia Angelo: 241
• Albert Fay Jr.: 242
• Christopher Murphy: 232
• Norman Steeves: 226
• Ernest Zabolotny: 222
• Thomas Carlson: 233

Precinct Six Town Meeting Member (three-year term, choose six)

• Roger Bell: 230
• Diane Creedon: 231
• Daniel Ditucci: 240
• Gary Kasky: 210
• Sonia Rollins: 242
• Salvana Shakaib: 205

Precinct Six Town Meeting Member (two-year term, choose one)

No candidates on ballot.

Precinct Seven Town Meeting Member (three-year term, choose six)

• Elliot Brown: 165
• Cody Case: 158
• Anne Coady: 164
• Brenda Haney: 160
• Lois Smith-Martin: 161
• Mark Woods: 169

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