Marblehead Gears Up for a Number of Contested Races

Marblehead residents will head to the polls on Tuesday, May 12 to cast their votes in a number of races, several of which are contested.

In particular, five selectmen are running for re-election with a single challenger hoping to take one of those seats from an incumbent.

A full sample ballot has been posted on the Town of Marblehead website. Below are the races that will be contested:

Board of Selectmen (vote for not more than five):

Jackie Belf-Becker (incumbent)

Harry C. Christensen Jr. (incumbent)

Judith R. Jacobi (incumbent)

Bret T. Murray (incumbent)

James E. Nye (incumbent)

Joanna Martin

Cemetery Commission (vote for not more than one):

Rose Ann Wheeler McCarthy

Matthew Wolverton

Board of Health (vote for not more than one):

Michelle B. Gottlieb (incumbent)

Carmela V. Mancini

Abbot Public Library Trustees - one-year unexpired term (vote for not more than one):

Nancy P. Arata

Daniel P. Donato

Housing Authority (vote for not more than one):

Robert T. Bryne (incumbent)

Joan D. Cutler

Recreation and Park Commission (vote for not more than five)

Linda A. Rice Collins (incumbent)

Derek Y. Norcross (incumbent)

Charles Edward Osborne Jr. (incumbent)

Gerald P. Tucker Jr. (incumbent)

Sam K. Ganglani

Rose Ann Wheeler McCarthy

School Committee (vote for not more than one):

Jonathan Lederman

Kate B. Lipsitz