Selectmen, School Committee Seats at Stake Tuesday

Wakefield voters will choose candidates for town offices and for the U.S. Senate race in two separate elections Tuesday.

Town Clerk Mary Galvin explained in an announcement last week that residents can vote in either or both elections on Tuesday – and that polling places will have two check-in and check-out voting lists, separate tables, and separate ballots. 

PDF copies of the town ballot and the Senate Republican and Democratic primary ballots can be viewed at this link.

For this year’s contested races, six candidates are running for three selectmen’s seats, and four candidates are running for three school committee seats.

The Senate primaries have Democratic Congressmen Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch running against each other, while the Republican hopefuls are Gabriel Gomez, Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. For Patch's interviews with the Senate candidates, click here.

Voting is from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Here are the Wakefield polling places by precinct:

Masonic Temple, 372 Salem Street. (Precincts 1 and 7)
Crystal Community Club, 71 Preston Street (Precincts 2 and 3)
Most Blessed Sacrament Church Hall, 1155 Main Street (Precinct 4)
Westside Social Club, 4 Harrington Court (Precincts 5 and 6)

If you need to find out where your polling place is, use this website provided by the state. For a precinct map of Wakefield, click here. 

After the polls close, Wakefield Community Access Television has invited the candidates to their live Election Night program starting at 8:30 p.m.

“We are looking forward to some lively conversation with the candidates, win or lose, on the races, on local issues, and on the upcoming Annual Town Meeting,” said producer David Watts, Jr. in a statement last week.

You can also see last month’s Wakefield candidates forum on the WCAT website at this link at the bottom of the page.