Milford 2020 Election Results: See Who's Ahead

MILFORD, MA — The preliminary results of Milford's delayed spring town election are in, giving voters a glimpse of who will likely prevail in each competitive race.

The spring election, which was originally supposed to happen in early April, featured more than a dozen races, but only four — Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Library Trustees and Highway Surveyor — were competitive.

The main attraction was the Selectmen race to fill outgoing member William Buckley's seat. As of Tuesday night, it appeared former Milford police Chief Thomas O'Loughlin was beating real estate agent Joshua Lioce by a comfortable margin.

Two seats were up for election on the School Committee. Incumbent Jennifer Parson was running to keep her seat, and was far in the lead Tuesday night. Newcomer Michael Aghajanian was in the lead for the second open seat. Incumbent Highway Supervisor Scott Crisafulli was also leading in his re-election bid.

As of early Wednesday morning, turnout was at about 33 percent, with 5,877 of Milford's 17,966 voters participating.

Here are the preliminary results as of Wednesday morning.

Board of Selectmen

Joshua Lioce — 2,343 votes
Thomas O'Loughlin — 3,666 votes (projected winner)

School Committee

Jennifer Parson (incumbent) — 3,882 votes (projected winner)
Michael Aghajanian — 2,613 votes (projected winner)
Brendan Rickert — 1,183 votes
Frederick Steinmann — 1,019 votes

Board of Library Trustees

Edward Bertorelli (incumbent) — 3,585 votes (projected winner)
David Probert — 931 votes
Ann Ragosta — 1,873 votes (projected winner)
Alfred Spittler — 650 votes
Scott Vecchiolla — 1,495 votes

Highway Surveyor

Scott Crisafulli (incumbent) — 3,303 votes (projected winner)
James Luchini — 2,353 votes

Town Moderator

Michael Noferi (incumbent) — 4,486 votes

Town Clerk

Amy Neves (incumbent) — 4,673 votes

Board of Assessors

Joseph Niro (incumbent) — 4,302 votes

Board of Health

Leonard Izzo (incumbent) — 4,339 votes

Housing Authority

Patrick Holland (4-year term) — 4,055 votes
Jennifer Walsh (5-year term) — 4,340 votes

Park Commissioner

Paul Braza (incumbent) — 4,342 votes

Planning Board

Marble Mainini III (incumbent) — 4,124 votes

Sewer Commissioner

Thomas Morelli (incumbent) — 4,260 votes

Tree Warden

Charles Reneau (incumbent) — 4,207 votes

Trustee of Vernon Grove Cemetery

Henry Shahnamian — 4,059 votes

Ballot Question

"Shall the Town accept the provisions of Section 9D ½ of Chapter 32B of the General Laws by which the Town would, in addition to the payment of fifty percent of premium costs payable by the surviving spouse of an employee or retired employee for group general or blanket hospital, surgical, medical and other health insurance, pay an additional or subsidiary rate to a surviving spouse?"

Yes — 2,974 votes (projected winner)
No — 2,153 votes