Deadline Looms For Marlborough 2021 Election

MARLBOROUGH, MA — If you're considering a run for office in 2021, time is running out.

The deadline for candidates to return paperwork to get on the ballot in Marlborough is Tuesday at 5 p.m. Offices up for election this year include mayor, City Council and School Committee.

And unless something changes by the end of the day on Tuesday, Marlborough won't have much of an election season this year. Almost every incumbent running for reelection is unopposed — in fact, only three non-incumbents have signed up to run across more than a dozen races.

Out of the 18 people who have pulled papers to run, only one had not returned them yet. Here are the candidates and the date each one was certified by the City Clerk as of Aug. 13:

Mayor

• Arthur Vigeant (i) — June 29
• David Garceau — Aug. 13

City Council At-Large

• Michael Ossing (i) — May 20
• Samantha Perlman (i) — May 24
• Mark Oram (i) — June 7
• Kathleen Robey (i) — June 4

City Council Ward 1

• Laura Wagner (i) — July 30

City Council Ward 2

• David Doucette (i) — July 28

City Council Ward 3

• Christian Dumais (i) — Aug. 2

City Council Ward 4

• Robert Tunnera (i) — Aug. 4
• Teona Brown — July 26

City Council Ward 5

• John Irish (i) — July 30

City Council Ward 6

• Sean Navin (i) — June 25

City Council Ward 7

• Donald Landers Sr. (i) — June 3

Marlborough School Committee

• Denise Ryan (i) — July 14
• Earl Geary (i) — Aug. 5
• Michelle Bodin-Hettinger — (i) July 30
• Maureen Brennan — Had not returned as of Aug. 13