Bedford NH 2025 Town Election Results: Full-Day K Passes By 13 Votes

BEDFORD, NH — Here are the 2025 town election results.

5,100 ballots cast, 29.8% turnout

Town Election

Town Council (3-year seats, vote for no more than 2)

Gail Levesque 2,843

Kathleen Bemiss 2,780

David Gilbert 2,569

Trustee of the Trust Funds (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Ryan Callaghan 3,806

Trustee of the Trust Funds (1-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Mac McMahan 3,784

Library Trustee (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Lauren Saidel-Baker 3,691

Articles Include …

South River Road Fire Substation: $8.9 million, rejected, 2,117-2,909

Parks and Rec Improvements: $3.2 million, rejected, 2,067-2,977

Town operating budget: Proposed budget rejected, 2,343-2,592, default budget of $38.4 million approved.

Greenfield Parkway Bridge Replacement: $2.5 million, approved, 4,535-487

Beals Road Bridge Replacement: $3 million, approved 4,458-479

Community Power Aggregation: Switch from Eversource to Bedford Community Power Plan, approved, 4,514-427

School Election

School Board (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Andrea Campbell 3,005

Russan Chester 1,002

Beth Purcell 619

School District Treasurer (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Tina Kozak 3,730

School District Clerk (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Ashley Shailer 3,668

School Moderator (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Michael Courtney 3,889

Articles Include …

Full-day Kindergarten: $885,100 gross budget with $520,408 adequacy funding, approved, 2,515-2,502

Bedford Education Association agreement: Approved, 3,494-1,514

Operating budget: $90.9 million, approved, 2,591-2,388

Here is a copy of the town sample ballot. A copy of the school sample ballot can be found here.

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