Framingham 2019 Election Guide: Poll Sites, Voting Hours, More

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The 2019 Framingham election is big, and a little complicated.

There are 20 seats up for election between the City Council and School Committee, and 10 of them are contested. (Not to mention there are six library and two cemetery trustee seats on the ballot.)

Four of the six Council races have no incumbent — although you might count the at-large race, which includes incumbent George King Jr. and two candidates vying for the seat Cheryl Tully Stoll is leaving.

Over at the School Committee, there's an interesting phenomenon playing out: four committee members — Gloria Pascual, Noval Alexander, Ricky Finlay, and Tracey Bryant — are running for City Council. But only one incumbent School Committee member, Scott Wadland, is facing a challenge. Pascual and Bryant's seats are the only other two contests in the School Committee race.

To help get your arms around this election before Nov. 5, Patch has put together a voting guide to help you pick candidates and find your nearest polling location — plus other pertinent election information.

Where, When To Vote

Polls are open in Massachusetts from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you're going to be away from Framingham on Nov. 5, you can apply for an absentee ballot. The deadline to apply for one is noon on Nov. 4.
Here are the Framingham polling locations:
Precinct 1, 3 — King School, 454 Water St.
Precinct 2 — Potter Road School, 492 Potter Road
Precincts 4, 7 — Brophy School, 575 Pleasant St.
Precincts 5, 6 — Walsh Middle School, 301 Brook St.
Precincts 8, 9 — Wesley United Methodist Parish Center, 80 Beacon St.
Precincts 13 — McCarthy School, 8 Flagg Drive
Precincts 10, 11 — Keefe Technical School, 750 Winter St.
Precincts 12, 14 — Memorial Building, 150 Concord St.
Precincts 15, 18 — St. Tarcisius Parish Center, 562 Waverly St.
Precincts 16, 17 — Woodrow Wilson School, 169 Leland St.

Who's running?

Earlier this year, Patch sent questionnaires to every person running in a contested race in the Nov. 5 election. Click on a candidate's name to see their profile. Candidates with no link did not respond. We will be updating this list as more responses come in before Election Day.

Candidates with an (i) are incumbents.

Framingham City Council

At-large

• Gloria Pascual
• (i) George King Jr.
• Janet Leombruno

District 1

• Joseph Norton
• Christine Long

District 2

• Ricky Finlay
• Cesar Stewart-Morales

District 5

• Robert Case
• Noval Alexander

District 7

• William Lynch
• (i) Margareth Shepard

District 8

• John Stefanini
• Mario Alvarez

District 9

• Neidy Cuellar
• Tracey Bryant

Framingham School Committee

District 3

• Leslie Smart
• (i) Scott Wadland

District 8

• Jessica Barnhill
• Jim Hansen

District 9

• Richard Baritz
• William LaBarge

Campaign Spending

Want to know how much money candidates raised and spent before the Nov. 5 election? You can search by name on the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance website. All candidates were required to file their pre-election campaign finance reports by 11:50 p.m. on Oct. 28.

Framingham Election Results

Patch will be covering the Nov. 5 election live, and will send out an alert about results as soon as they are available. But you can typically find election results an hour or two after polls close on Nov. 5 at the City Clerk website.