Framingham To Host District 9 Preliminary Election In September

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Only Framingham's District 9 City Council race will be contested during September's preliminary election.

The city will host the preliminary election on Sept. 19, when voters in Precincts 1, 2 and 3 will go to Harmony Grove Elementary School to cast their ballots. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on that day.

Voters will select one of three candidates in the race, and the two who garner the most votes will be on the ballot come November when the city-wide elections happen.

Incumbent City Councilor Tracey Bryant will face Jose Ferreira and Albert J. Chimeno in the preliminary District 9 race.

Preliminary races are only held when three candidates are in the running for a particular seat. Originally, there could have been two contested races, but Cesar Stewart-Morales announced he wouldn't run for re-election in District 2.

There will be a number of contested races during the Nov. 7 election, and a full list of candidates can be viewed here.

Seats up for election in 2023 include:

• 11 City Councilor seats
• 9 School Committee seats
• 6 Library Trustee seats
• 2 Cemetery Trustee seats

There are nine district seats available on the City Council and School Committee, and those candidates will be running for two-year terms.

Seats on the Boards of Library and Cemetery Trustees, as well as two at-large city councilors, are for four-year terms.