Shrewsbury Election 2023: What's On The Ballot

SHREWSBURY, MA — Election season is underway in Shrewsbury — even if the election is more than three months away.

Late last week, Shrewsbury began allowing residents to file to run in the May 2 election. Those papers are due back by March 14.

The election has already drawn one new candidate: Finance Committee Vice Chair Carlos Garcia kicked off his 2023 campaign on Monday for Select Board. Garcia got his local start in politics after winning a Town Meeting seat in 2017.

Here are all the offices up for election in 2023. The officials listed below are the current seat-holders, and may not necessarily run for reelection this year.

Select Board (two 3-year terms)

• Maurice DePalo
• Beth Casavant

Shrewsbury School Committee (two 3-year terms)

• Sandra Fryc
• Jason Palitsch

Trustees of Public Library (three 3-year terms)

• Joan Barr
• Elizabeth Powers
• April Prince

Shrewsbury Housing Authority (one 5-year term)

• Kathlee McSweeney

Town Meeting

• Precinct 1 — Eight 3-year terms
• Precinct 2 — Nine 3-year terms
• Precinct 3 — Six 3-year terms
• Precinct 4 — Seven 3-year terms
• Precinct 5 — Eight 3-year terms, one 2-year term
• Precinct 6 — Eight 3-year terms, one 2-year term, one 1-year term
• Precinct 7 — Eight 3-year terms
• Precinct 8 — Eight 3-year terms
• Precinct 9 — Eight 3-year terms
• Precinct 10 — Eight 3-year terms