Framingham 2021 Election: See The Final List Of Candidates

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The 2021 Framingham election hit a major milestone Thursday when candidates running for five elected positions — mayor, City Council, School Committee, Library Trustee and Cemetery Trustee — were required to turn in paperwork to get certified for the ballot.

Forty candidates were ultimately certified to run, although many races will be uncontested in 2021. There will be two preliminary elections in September with three candidates running for mayor and four running for the District 7 City Council seat Margareth Basilio Shepard is vacating.

There will be no competitive School Committee races this year, with just one candidate running for each seat. The body will have two new members, however, with Valerie Ottaviani taking over for Geoffrey Epstein and Jennifer Moshe taking over for Scott Wadland. Both Wadland and Epstein chose not to seek reelection.

Five of nine City Council races will be competitive, with three incumbents facing challengers this year.

Former District 9 Councilor Edgardo Torres in 2021 is attempting to retake the seat Council Tracey Bryant won in 2019 when Torres stepped down from the body.

"I am concerned by the lack of progress in my neighborhood to address the needs of our residents," he said in a statement on Thursday. "We need a leader who will bring everyone together and help a community hard hit by COVID-19 thrive."

MK Feeney is challenging District 3 Councilor and Council Vice Chair Adam Steiner, his first challenge since he was elected in 2017. In District 2, Jacob Binnall is trying to unseat first-term Councilor Cesar Stewart-Morales.

Here's the full lineup of Framingham candidates in 2021:

City Council

District 1

• Christine Long (i)

District 2

• Cesar Stewart-Morales (i)
• Jacob Binnall

District 3

• Mary Kate Feeney
• Adam Steiner (i)

District 4

• Michael Cannon (i)

District 5

• Noval Alexander
• Cheryl Gordon

District 6

• Philip Ottaviani (i)

District 7

• Magda Janus
• Eugene Grzywna
• Joseph Hansberry
• Leora Mallach

District 8

• John Stefanini (i)

District 9

• Edgardo Torres
• Tracey Bryant (i)

School Committee

District 1

• Bevery Hugo (i)

District 2

• Ricky Finlay (i)

District 3

• Jennifer Moshe

District 4

• Adam Freudberg (i)

District 5

• Priscila Sousa (i)

District 6

• Valerie Ottaviani

District 7

• Tiffanie Maskell (i)

District 8

• Jessica Barnhill (i)

District 9

• William LaBarge (i)

Mayor

• Carlos Valadares
• Charlie Sisitsky
• Yvonne Spicer (i)

Library Trustees

• Ruth Winett (i)
• Steven Malcham (i)
• Heather Klish (i)
• Isabella Petroni
• Trent Fortner
• Jenny DeArcangelis
• Heather Woods
• Leslie White-Harvey

Cemetery Trustees

• Dennis Cardiff
• Nicholas Paganella
• Julie Dickson-Ferrari