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By The Times Staff
The citywide election for the City of Somerville took place on Tuesday, November 5. The unofficial results are as follows.
In the race for Mayor, incumbent Joseph A. Curtatone prevailed to win his ninth term, defeating challenger Marianne Walles with 59.78% of the votes, compared to the 39.74% garnered by Walles.
In the Councilor At-Large contests, each of the four incumbent candidates were re-elected to another term. The winning At-Large vote tallies were counted as follows:
Stephanie A. Hirsch 18.55%
Will Mbah 18.42%
Mary Jo Rossetti 18.28%
William A. (Bill) White, Jr. 17.18%
The remaining At-Large votes are reported as:
Joann Bocca-Rivieccio 4.50%
John M. (Jack) Connolly, Jr. 9.51%
Kevin Jura 2.61%
Kristen Strezo 10.64%
Write-In 0.31%
In the contested School Committee races, the results were:
In Ward 3, Sarah Phillips won with 59.37% of the votes, with opponent Mary Marshall taking 40.41% of the votes.
In Ward 7, Caroline Carrie Normand won with 74.35% of the votes, while Tara N. Ten Eyck received 25.23% of the votes.
The remaining uncontested races were recorded as follows:
Councilor Ward 1
Matthew McLaughlin 96.48%
Write-In 3.52%
Councilor Ward 2
JT Scott 96.17%
Write-In 3.83%
Councilor Ward 3
Ben Ewen-Campen 96.74%
Write-In 3.26%
Councilor Ward 4
Jesse Clingan 97.52%
Write-In 2.48%
Councilor Ward 5
Mark Niedergang 94.99%
Write-In 5.01%
Councilor Ward 6
Lance Davis 96.74%
Write-In 3.26%
Councilor Ward 7
Katjana Ballantyne 97.68%
Write-In 2.32%
School Committee Ward 1
Emily Ackman 97.87%
Write-In 2.13%
School Committee Ward 2
Ilana Krepchin 98.50%
Write-In 1.50%
School Committee Ward 4
Andre L. Green 98.56%
Write-In 1.44%
School Committee Ward 5
Laura J. Pitone 98.44%
Write-In 1.56%
School Committee Ward 6
Ellenor Barish 98.45%
Write-In 1.55%
To see how each ward voted, click here.
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I voted and am sad that we will have more of the same. Increased traffic congestion, increased fees and taxes, more small business going out of business and politicians more interested in building their images than serving their constituents.
Theo you have it right. More interested in building their images… and lining their pockets, I might add.
I dunno, the people re-elected have been fighting pretty hard for residents and especially for our future. If anything the election just backs that residents are in support of more housing, denser development, and reallocating our streets to move more people (through better sidewalks, safer bike lanes, and transit improvements…bus lanes/green line extension) Hopefully we get more of the same, because it’s an exciting time to live here and the future looks even better!
You got it TheoNa . The killing off of our small businesses now means when we want something we have to go to another city to get it. Means more driving and more congestion never mind that more apartments just increases the amount of cars here. It’s not working but yet they keep going. It defies the whole carbon zero theory. I don’t think everyone sees what’s happening here.
I’m with CM, Voters spoke pretty loud and clear they like the direction the city is headed. And, having been around for 20 years, I’ve never seen more small businesses in the city. I’ll tell you this much, my kids love living here.
This election confirmed genetrification is here to stay and picking up steam. Our Revolution Somerville (ORS) declared Old Somerville to be its enemy and are winning the revolutionary war they started. Some say a great time to live here but what about in 10 years when the city is used up and the bills come due, the revolutionaries have moved on and the long time residents are gone?
There are less small businesses here. Some are just not known as they are small and service a select clientele. More are closing just before years end. But most will not be aware. Some are holding off until next year hoping when streets reopen here they can begin to make up for their losses or just fold up. 100% of the people will never like the direction the city is going in. That’s always going to be the case. I personally don’t but that’s me.
OT, you can keep repeating your small businesses line until you’re blue in the face, but there’s more of them, not less.