Woburn Councilman Gaffney Overwhelms Opponents In Preliminary Election

WOBURN, MA -- Woburn Alderman Mark Gaffney easily won a preliminary election Tuesday for Ward 3 Alderman. Challengers Claire Malaguti of Colonial Road and Philip Ciampa of Philips Street received 21 and 17 votes respectively. There were four write-in votes cast while Gaffney received the remaining 239 votes of the 281 cast.

Under Woburn's election rules, preliminary elections are held in council races with three or more candidates. Gaffney and Malaguti, as the two highest vote getters in Tuesday's election, will square off in the November general election. The Ward 3 race was the only race that required a city election.

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Aldermen are elected to two-year terms. Other contested races in the November election include John Beauchamp challenging incumbent Edward Tedesco in Ward Six and Charles Viola challenging incumbent Lindsay Higgins. Higgins defeated Viola two years ago.

Mayor Scott Galvin and City Council members Joanne Campbell (Ward 1), Richard Gately (Ward 2), Michael Anderson (Ward 4) and Darlene Mercer-Bruen (Ward 5) are all running unopposed in November's election.

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