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Wayland 2022 Election Results: Who's Winning In Town Races

Check out the preliminary Wayland election results, including contested races for select board and school committee.

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Wayland Select Board member Thomas Fay will return to the board, and school committee candidate Erin Gibbons won her first term in the 2022 election.
Wayland Select Board member Thomas Fay will return to the board, and school committee candidate Erin Gibbons won her first term in the 2022 election. (Kristin Borden/Patch)

WAYLAND, MA — The Wayland Town Clerk has released unofficial results from the 2022 spring election.

The 2022 election featured three competitive races, with three candidates vying for a single select board seat, two newcomers running for a single open Wayland School Committee seat, and a three-person race for the recreation commission.

Wayland voters were also asked to approve two levy limit increases: one for the design and construction of a new community center and Council on Aging facility near the intersection of Route 20 and Andrew Avenue near the Stop & Shop plaza; and a second for a new grass sports field complex at the Loker Conservation Area.

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According to unofficial results, about 2,348 people voted in the 2022 election, which is about 22 percent turnout. By comparison, 1,619 voters cast a ballot in 2021, a turnout rate of 15 percent. The last pre-pandemic election in 2019 had about 22 percent turnout.

Here are the unofficial election results released Tuesday night by the town clerk:

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Board of Selectmen (vote for one)

  • Thomas Fay (i) — 1,094
  • Dovie King — 461
  • Clifford Lewis — 769

School Committee (vote for one)

  • Erin Gibbons — 1,419
  • Craig Gruber — 635

Board of Assessors (vote for one)

  • Steven Paul Klitgord — 1,438

Trustees of the Public Library (vote for two)

  • Elaine K. Donnelly — 1,429
  • Elisa Scola — 1,486

Board of Health (3-year term, vote for one)

  • Genevieve Anand — 1,483

Board of Health (1-year term, vote for one)

  • Robert Carnes Eyre — 1,468

Planning Board (vote for one)

  • No candidate (281 write-in votes)

Board of Public Works (vote for two)

  • Michael Price Lowery (i) — 1,416
  • Michael B. Wegerbauer (i) — 1,372

Recreation Commissioner (vote for two)

  • Asa Foster (i) — 1,292
  • Thurston Wright III (i) — 959
  • Frank Krasin — 687

Commissioner of Trust Funds (vote for one)

  • Adam Garrett Gutbezahl (i) — 1,432

Housing Authority (vote for one)

  • Mary M. Antes — 1,551

Question 1 (Community center)

  • Yes — 1,546
  • No — 677

Question 2 (Loker turf field)

  • Yes — 1,410
  • No — 812

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