Sudbury School Committee Races Heat Up: 2023 Town Election

SUDBURY, MA — Races for seats on two Sudbury school committees are quickly becoming the hottest races of the spring.

Almost two weeks after the filing period opened on Jan. 6, six candidates — including three incumbents — have pulled papers to run for seats on the Sudbury School Committee and the Lincoln-Sudbury High School Committee.

In the Sudbury School Committee races, three incumbents have pulled papers to run, plus Sudbury Commission on Disability member Karyn Jones, who intends to run for a one-year term.

Two non-incumbents have pulled papers in the two-seat Lincoln-Sudbury committee race: state Rep. Carmine Gentile aide Ravi Simon and Maura Carty, who ran for an L-S seat in 2022.

Candidates have until Feb. 1 to return paperwork with enough signatures to get on the ballot. These are the candidates who had pulled papers as of Friday, according to the Sudbury League of Women Voters:

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

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

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)

• Karyn Jones
• Sarah Troiano (i)

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

• Maura Carty
• Ravi Simon

The town has also set the deadline for applying for a mail-in ballot as March 20. The town will send applications with the annual town census form, but residents can also download them on the town website.

The Sudbury spring town election will take place March 27.