Politics & Government
Melrose Mayoral Field Set, Aldermen Field Still Evolving
It's official: One of the five current candidates will be Melrose's next mayor. Meanwhile, the Board is going to look a whole lot different.
MELROSE, MA — The mayoral field for the Sept. 17 preliminary election is set. The ever-growing field of aldermen is not.
Aldermen-at-Large Manisha Bewtra, Monica Medeiros and Mike Zwirko, State Rep. Paul Brodeur and recently departed Director of Community Services & City Operations Jackie Lavender Bird are the five candidates to replace Mayor Gail Infurna this fall. Infurna said before being chosen by the Board to finish Rob Dolan's term that she will not run for reelection, meaning Melrose will have its first open-seat mayoral election in some time.
The preliminary election, which is nonpartisan, will parse that field down to two as each voter chooses one candidate. Voters will then choose between the two remaining candidates in the Nov. 5 election.
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The latter election will also allow residents to vote for their ward aldermen and four at-large aldermen.
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The deadline to pull papers for aldermen (and School Committee) is Sept. 13. No matter what the results of the election, the Board is going to look unrecognizable come next year. Only four aldermen are running for reelection - pending last-second changes from Bewtra and Medeiros (Zwirko has already said he won't run for alderman) - and all but one of them have challengers.
Below are the candidates who have filed Statement of Candidacy Forms with the Election Office as of July 31:
Mayor
Manisha Bewtra
Jaclyn Lavender Bird
Paul Brodeur
Monica Medeiros
Michael Zwirko
Alderman-at-Large
Kate Lipper-Garabedian
Maya Jamaleddine
Leila Migliorelli
Christopher C. Cinella
Peter I. Navarra
Jack Eccles
Alderman Ward 1
John Tramontozzi
Alanna Nelson
Alderman Ward 2
Jeffrey McNaught
Alderman Ward 3
Robert Stewart
Alderman Ward 4
Robert Boisselle
Mark Garipay
Alderman Ward 5
Shawn MacMaster
Alderman Ward 6
Jennifer Grigoraitis
Alderman Ward 7
Cory Thomas
Ryan Williams
School Committee
Edward O'Connell
Lizbeth DeSelm
Margaret Driscoll
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