Politics & Government

See Wayland Election 2026 Winners: Unofficial Results

Residents went to the polls on Tuesday to vote on 10 key town races.

Unofficial results are in for Wayland's 2026 Annual Town Election, featuring 10 races.
Unofficial results are in for Wayland's 2026 Annual Town Election, featuring 10 races. (Neal McNamara/Patch)

WAYLAND, MA — Unofficial results are in for Wayland's 2026 Annual Town Election, featuring 10 races.

Residents went to the polls on Tuesday to vote on the Select Board, Moderator, Board of Health, Planning Board, Recreation Commissioner, Board of Public Works, School Committee, Board of Assesors, Trustees of the Public Library and Commissioner of Trust Funds.

Voting was held from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wayland Town Building Gymnasium, and the town clerk's office released an unofficial vote count Tuesday night.

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Write-in totals are expected to be tallied on Wednesday morning, Town Clerk Trudy Reid said.

There were 782 votes cast, which represents 7.4 percet of the town's 10,613 registered voters.

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The voter turnout for this election was up one percent from last year, as 679 votes were cast in the 2025 Annual Town Election, according to offical results.

Candidate Profiles

Patch spoke with some candidates ahead of the election about their campaigns. You can find those candidate profiles here:

Here are the 2026 Unofficial Results:

  • Select Board: two terms
    • Christopher Reynolds: 632 votes
    • Bill Whitney: 627 votes
  • Moderator: one term
    • Miranda S. Jones: 703 votes
  • Board of Health: two terms
    • Katie Stiff: 635 votes
    • Jonathan C. Storer: 625 votes
  • Planning Board: one term
    • William Sterling: 644 votes
  • Recreation Commissioner: two terms
    • Mark Norton (three-year term): 655 votes
    • Michael Grant (one-year term): 640 votes
  • Board of Public Works: one term
    • Jonathan Storer (write-in): 17 votes
  • School Committee: two terms
    • Jessica Traue: 644 votes
    • Prashant Shukla: 601 votes
  • Board of Assessors: two terms
    • Earl Zeligman: 642 votes
    • Yiji Starr (write-in): 36 votes
  • Trustees of the Public Library: two terms
    • Aida Gennis: 675 votes
    • Leah Hart: 666 votes
  • Commissioner of Trust Funds: one term
    • Robert Fox: 663 votes

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