Politics & Government
Preliminary Will Narrow 16-Candidate City Council Field
Medford voters will go to the polls in September to eliminate 2 candidates from the Nov. 3 general election ballot.
Before the Nov. 3 general election this year, Medford voters will narrow down the field of CIty Council candidates in a Sept. 1 preliminary, according to a Wicked Local report.
Sixteen council candidates officially filed their nomination papers with the city by Tuesday’s deadline, the report stated. A City Council preliminary election is triggered when the ballot reaches 15 candidates.
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The candidates running for the seven council seats up for election include:
- Richard Caraviello
- Brian Chamberlain
- Mark Crowley
- Christopher D’Aveta
- Leonore Eforo
- John Falco Jr.
- Adam Knight
- Breanna Lungo-Koehn
- Michael Marks
- Mario Martin
- Neal McSweeney
- William O’Keefe Jr.
- Neil Osborne
- Michael Ruggiero
- Frederick Dello Russo
- George Scarpelli
Voters will eliminate two candidates during the September preliminary and have until July 30 to drop out of the election.
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