More Candidates Enter Sudbury 2023 Election: 4 Competitive Races

SUDBURY, MA — Several more candidates have signaled their intent to run in the 2023 town election, creating more competitive races for a variety of elected positions.

There are now four potentially contested races after new candidates pulled papers over the last week to run for Planning Board, Goodnow Library Trustee and the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee. Those candidates join others who already pulled papers to make select board race competitive.

Candidates still have to return papers to officially get on the March ballot. Here are the candidates who have pulled papers, with an (i) indicating incumbents and an (N) indicating candidates who pulled papers over the past week.

Select Board (one 3-year term)

• Charlie Russo (i)
• Radha Raman Gargeya

Board of Assessors (one 3-year term)

• Liam Joseph Vesely (i)

Goodnow Library Trustee (two 3-year terms)

• Ingrid Mayyasi (i)
• Timothy Alan Anderson
• Elizabeth Iwasaki (N)

Board of Health (one 3-year term)

• Susan Sama (i)

Park and Recreation Commissioner (one 3-year term)

• Ben Carmel (i)

Planning Board (one 3-year term)

• John Riordan
• Julie Zelermeyer Perlman (N)

Commissioner of Housing Authority (one 5-year term)

• Frank Riepe

Sudbury School Committee (two 3-year terms):

• Mandy Sim (i)
• Nicole Burnard (i)

Sudbury School Committee (one 1-year term)

• Sarah Troiano (i)

Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee (two 3-year terms)

• Maura F. Carty (Sudbury)
• Ravi Simon (Sudbury)
• Lucy Mason Maulsby (Lincoln) (N)

The Sudbury spring town election will take place March 27. The filing deadline to get on the ballot arrives Feb. 1.

Note: This story was updates Friday morning to reflect that a candidate has withdrawn from the Sudbury School Committee race.