Election Day is Every Tuesday 5/4-5/10
Is this helpful? I just want to know if people are getting something out of these guides. Even if it’s just one person, that’s worth it, but I don’t get a lot of feedback on these so I’m not sure.
Anyway, this week is the start something new. I am working directly with Blue Voter Guide. They do so much incredible that I don’t want to step on their toes or just redo what they’ve already done, so, if they’ve already covered the election, I’m going to direct you there, and I’ll give details about the ones they aren’t covering. That way we’re supporting each other as much as possible.
So, if I say BVG next to a race, that means they’ve got it covered. All you have to do is put your address into their search function, and you should be good to go.
This week there are elections Monday in CA and MA, Tuesday in CA, DE, FL, MA, MI, NE, NH, OH, TN and WY, Thursday in MA and Saturday in DE and MA. New England, man.
Mon May 5
California
Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council Region 1 REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Arleta
Foothill Trails District
Mission Hills
North Hills East
Pacoima
Panorama City
Hopefully you know by now that LA has neighborhood council races and they are, without a doubt, one of the least publicized races in the country. Making turnout way less than 1%. These races are special, you can vote as young as 16, and you have to live there OR have a stake in the neighborhood. This means the eligible voting population for any given one of these is probably around 50k-100k, turnout is typically maybe 300. And besides not being well promoted, they also don’t use the same system as the other elections, so you have to reregister every time. MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS
Massachusetts
Barnstable County
6 races uncontested
1 with no candidate
Question 1
Question 2
Berkshire County
Adams
Selectboard
Jay Meczywor (liked Colbert report on FB)
Joseph Nowak
Jerome Simon Socolof
might all be DEMS cause the Dem Town Committe hosted the candidate forum
10 races unconstest
3 races with no candidate
all 11 races are uncontested
Selectman:
Marybeth Mitts (running strictly independent)
Jared Weber (DEM - sample ballot)
School Committee:
James B. Brooke x (originally from Lenox and wife and kids still live there, he currently resides in Moscow for work and has lived there off and on for years, supposedly he is running to keep the changes in Washington from impacting the school district)
Oren M. Cass (Republican)
Jayson Messenger
5 races uncontested
Essex County
Select Board:
Mark Joseph Parenteau (incumbent arrested for DUI in 2022),
Steven F. Baker
James S. Stepanian
Housing Authority:
Kathleen Margaret Prunier (Incumbent, Helped push for implementation of no-smoking policy)
Jay Anthony Collins.
Town Clerk:
Jason Eugene Naves,
Jennifer B. Petersen (works at an LBGT+ accepting church)
Adam Jacob Puchaski
4 races uncontested
4 races with no candidate
8 uncontested races
2 races with no candidate
8 uncontested races
2 races with no candidate
Franklin County
Selectboard: (3-year term)
David William Wolfram (Respect for diversity in both his personal and community experience allows for public inclusion on decision making)
Timothy John Hilchey (incument, Dem)
6 races uncontested
Norfolk County
Boyden Library Trustee (vote for 2)
Jennifer V. Ooi (incumbent)
Ashley E. Clement
Nancy Jean Morrison
8 races uncontested
Worcester County
Select Board:
Sarah E. Campbell
Donald R. Taft
Trustee For Merrick Public Library: (2-3 Year Terms)
Sally M. Brown
Mary Lou Knight
Constable: (2-3 Year Terms)
Donna LaFleur
Peter Martell
9 uncontested races
2 races with no candidate
Selectman (3 year):
Jamie Gilman (running strictly independent, hard to find info on him but his wife is part of several pro-Democrat groups on facebook),
John Tripp (REPUBLICAN, was part of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU because he voted to deny permits to LGBT groups)
Selectman (2 year):
Ralph Kay
John P. Mitchell
Constable
Tim Nason (incumbent)
Vaughn Schlegel
Christopher St Cyr
Dennis Trela (incumbent)
7 uncontested races
5 races with no candidate including School Committee
Select Board
David Richard Bloom
Christopher M. Curtis
Water Board:
Rodney Smith Jenkins (incumbent)
Marcela Do Carmo Klem
12 races uncontested
1 race with no candidate
Question 1
Select Board
Marina Julia Doherty-Meehan
Joseph P. King Jr.
Patricia Joan Ward
9 races uncontested
Question 1
Question 2
Housing Authority
Susan J. Smichinski
Frank A. Stefanik
4 uncontested races
3 races with no candidate including School Commitee
Board of Selectmen:
Audrey LaBrie (incumbent)
Christine Haslam-Giovannucci
Tiffany Frances Newton
Yvonne Misenecal (note: potential spelling errors due to writing on the sample ballot.)
3 races uncontested
1 race with no candidate (School Committee)
Question 1
Question 2
Tues May 6
California
Calaveras County
Mark Twain Union Elementary School District Measure A
Endorsements on Blue Voter Guide
Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council Region 8
Arroyo Seco
Boyle Heights
Eagle Rock
Glasses Park
Greater Cypress Park
Hermon
Historic Highland Park
LA-32
Lincoln Heights
You can only vote if you’ve already received your ballot. You can mail it in, but I highly recommend going to a designated drop box
Marin County
Ross Valley School District measure E
endorsements on Blue Voter Guide
San Jose
Unified Schools measure A
Endorsements on Blue Voter Guide
Delaware
Kent County
Harrington
Mayor
Duane E. Bivans (Incumbent, Likely DEM)
Franklin H. Tolson (LIKELY REPUBLICAN Anti-vax)
Florida
Putnam County
Welaka
Town Council special election
David Jeltes (registered REPUBLICAN)
Courtney Desouza x x (registered REPUBLICAN, strongly believes in the constitution)
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
Essex County
Danvers
Select Board:
Natalie Luca Fiore
Sandy M. Franceschini (Republican)
Michael E. Baxter
Mark F. Lentine (possible Dem)
Daniel Clark Bennett,
Kevin T. Berich
Gardner S Trask III (likely Dem)
School Committee:
Gabriel Lopez (Dem)
Maxwell Brandon Rudin
Town Committee (vote for 6)
Presinct 4 1 year (vote for 1)
Daniel Adelard Gagnon
Brendan James Matthew Carroll
Presinct 7
Richard B. Trask (Incumbent)
Alan Weeks (Incumbent)
Aimee J. Velazquez
Jennifer L. Churchill (Incumbent)
William Hobart Clark Jr (Incumbent)
Lisa Marie Trask
Kathleen L. Ciman (Incumbent)
Presinct 8
Michael Matvichuk (Incumbent)
Louis J. Bernazzani (Incumbent)
Cedric G. Buettner
John W. Alden SR (Incumbent)
Carla E. King (Incumbent)
Joseph D. Cucinotta (Incumbent)
James Peter Tutko (Incumbent)
Middlesex County
Library Trustee:
Pamela A. Agner,
Jane C. Healy (likely Dem)
2 uncontested races
1 race with no candidate
Regional School District Committee:
James Quinty (Incumbent)
Elizabeth Johnson (likely Dem)
Select Board:
Andree Lourdes (incumbent)
Jean Jacques (Dem)
Joseph Sheldon LeBlanc Jr.
War Memorial Trustee (Non-Veteran):
Scott Bulger (incumbent)
Karen Blood
11 races uncontested
Select Board:
Noelle L. Donovan (likely Dem)
Heather Marie Fitzpatrick,
Sean P. Kelly,
Meghan Frances O'Connell (likely Dem)
Planning Board:
Robert L. Shaffer Jr., (incumbent)
Ming Zhang.
5 uncontested races
Norfolk County
Select Board:
Liz Linder (likely Dem)
Carlos Ridruejo (likely Dem)
Michael Rubenstein (Dem)
School Committee:
Helen Ester Charlupski (incumbent, likely Dem)
Valerie Frias (incumbent, Dem)
Akiva Leibowitz (Dem)
Danna Perry
Logan Potere
Robert Jay Weintraub (likely Dem)
Trustees of public library
Michael Burstein (Incumbent, Pax endorsed)
Judith Vanderkay (Incumbent, Pax endorsed)
Batia Bloomenthal (Pax endorsed)
Joseph Elasmar, (a senior at Brookline High School)
Felina silver (Pax endorsed)
Town Meeting (vote for no more than 5)
Three great organizations did endorsements for these races. PAX (Brookline PAX), BE (Brookline for Everybody), BEC (Brookline Equity Coalition)
Presinct 1
Ana Maria Albuquerque (Incumbent, endorsed by PAX)
Cathleen C. Cavell (Incbment, Dem, endorsed by BE and PAX)
Susan Helms Daley (Incumbent, likely Dem, endorsed by PAX)
Bradford Danby Kimball (incumbent, endorsed by BE and PAX)
Sean Lynn-Jones (incumbent, likely Dem, endorsed by PAX)
Taylor Anissa Mayberry (endorsed by BE)
David Sipos (Dem, endorsed by BE and BEC)
Lawrence Richard Sulak II
Presinct 2 for 3 years
Brenda J Hochberg (Incumbent, endorsed by be, Pax and Bec)
Pamela Lina Roberts (Incumbent, endorsed by Pax)
Barbara C Scotto (Incumbent, endorsed by Pax)
Maura Toomey (Incumbent, endorsed by Pax)
Elise B couture-stone (endorsed by be & Bec)
Esther Gruesz (endorsed by be & Bec)
Megan S Hinman (endorsed by be& Bec)
Kate Poverman (endorsed by Pax)
Lauren Shebairo (endorsed by be& Bec)
Presinct 2 for 1 year (vote for 1)
Colleen Marie Newsome (endorsed by be & Pax & Bec)
Katie Owen
Presinct 3
Kathryn Mead Becker (Incumbent, be & Pax & Bec)
Harry Kyle Bohrs (Incumbent, Pax)
Dennis Lee Doughty (Incumbent, Pax)
frank Ross Steinfield (Incumbent, be & Pax)
Leigh D Heyman (be & Bec)
Sean Leckey -be & Bec
Margaret Trina Nolita Robotham (be & Pax & Bec)
Presinct 4 for 2 years
Arslan Ahmad azız (Be & Pax & Bec)
Kia Shahbazi
Presinct 6
John Bassett (Incumbent, Pax)
Daniel Geller Saltzman (Incumbent, Pax)
Kim N Smith (Incumbent, be & Pax & Bec)
Virginia a Smith (Incumbent, Pax)
Daniel Reuven Fishman (Be & Pax)
Michael Paul McGraw-Herdeg (be & Bec)
Maxim Sheinin (be)
Presinct 7
Susan Frances Cohen (Incumbent, Pax)
Susan N Granoff (Incumbent, Pax)
Colin Samuel Stokes (Incumbent, be & Bec)
Chi Chi Wu (Incumbent, be & Bec)
Amanda L Zimmerman (Incumbent, be & Pax & Bec)
Aylit T Schultz (Be & Pax)
Isaac Silberberg (Be & Pax & Bec)
Presinct 8
Tracie E Burns (Incumbent, be &Pax & Bec)
Anita Johnson (Incumbent, Pax)
Michael W Toffel (Incumbent, be & Pax & Bec)
Yukiko Ueno Egozy (be & Pax & Bec)
Amitai Shlomo Handler
Avner Ingerman (Pax)
Mary Sievers (be & Bec)
Presinct 11
Shira Hannah Fischer (Incumbent, be & Pax)
Shanna tally Giora-Gorfajn (Incumbent, be & Pax)
David M Pollak (Incumbent, be & Pax & Bec)
Incumbent Lisa F Shatz – be & Pax
Rebecca Plaut Mautner (Be)
Andrew C Riely (Pax)
Presinct 12
Petra G Bignami (Incumbent, Pax)
Emily Jones Dolbear (Incumbent, Pax)
Amy Hummel (Incumbent, Pax)
Mark J Lowenstein (Incumbent, be & Pax)
Yitzhak T Kornbluth (be & Bec)
Faye Mıller (Be & Bec)
Jonathan T Phillips (be & Bec)
Jeremy a Redburn (be & Pax & Bec)
Presinct 13
John Doggett (Incumbent)
Andrew M Fischer (Incumbent, be & Pax & Bec)
Mark Nathan Gerber (Incumbent)
Francis Charlton Hoy (Incumbent, Pax)
David Chase Brewster, III (be & Pax & Bec)
Anne Catherine Finkenbinder (Be & Bec)
Kevin Thomas Mackenzie (be & Pax & Bec)
Jennifer Ellen Segel (Be & Pax &Bec)
Presinct 16
Laura Kathryn Baines-Walsh (Incumbent, Pax)
Adrienne S Bowman (Incumbent)
Stephen Chiumenti (Incumbent)
Joslin H Murphy (Incumbent, Pax)
Carolyn R Thall (Incumbent, Pax)
Carlos M Tamayo (be & Pax & BEC)
Presinct 17
Jacqueline Baum (Incumbent, Pax)
Jonathan Henry Davis (Incumbent, Pax)
Bruce D Levin (Incumbent, Pax)
Susan Kay Park (Incumbent, Be & PAX)
Linda Olson Pehlke (Incumbent, Pax)
Christopher Joseph Chaky (be & Bec)
Elizabeth Anne Hudson (be & Bec)
Thai Stephen Johnson (be & Bec)
Michael P Vaughan (be)
Select Board:
James C. Lehan (incumbent)
Taiese Crystal Hickman (likely Dem)
Allen J. Phinney Sr.
Board of Health:
John K. Bowman (Dem)
Teresa Fernald.
Library Trustee:
Kenneth William Nelson (incumbent)
Melissa A. Bruzzi.
Moderator:
Jason R. Talerman (Dem, incumbent)
John F. Olivieri Jr (Republican)
Norfolk School Committee (THIS WOULD BE A FLIP)
Lisa J. Sheldon (Republican, Incumbent)
Birch Henry Duggins-Warf (Dem)
Planning Board:
Gary William Sullivan II (incumbent)
Daniel Sieger (Appears to be former Rep, current Dem)
Benjamin P. Sprague.
5 uncontested races
Worcester County
Select Board:
Donald E Ludwig (Republican)
Richard Stephen Cabelus (dropped out, may still be on the ballot)Ahmet Kemal Corapcioglu (Dem)
Eve Wittenberg
Library Trustees:
Stacie Cassat Green
Rebecca Miller Brown
Sarah Saleh
Molly E. Waring
2 races uncontested
Question 1 A&B
Question 2
Upton
Trustees of the Public Library:
Lauren Catherine Fobes (incumbent)
Judith Katz-Goodman (incumbent
Frances Rebecca Gustman,
Alfred Benjamin Palladini.
11 uncontested races
1 race with no candidate
Selectman:
Derick R. Veliz (incumbent)
Joseph A. Kondrat Jr..
School Board Members from the Town of West Brookfield:
Craig R. Burgess (incumbent)
Bryan S. Griffing (incumbent)
Christine M. Luszcz.
Planning Board:
David P. Dufresne Sr. (incumbent)
Raymond C. Kopacko.
Housing Authority (3 Years):
Travis A. Baker,
Mark J. Carron.
Housing Authority (1 Year):
Kenneth Clinton,
Laura J. Fitzpatrick.
12 uncontested races
2 races with no candidate
Michigan
There are elections across the majority of counties including everything from mayor to school board, you can find some of this info on Blue Voter Guide but you might have to do a bit of sourcing yourself as well
Nebraska
Lincoln
City Council at Large, Airport Authority, School Board Districts 1,3, 5, and 7 and ballot measure Prohibit Income Discrimination in Housing Initiative covered by Blue Voter Guide
Ohio
There are elections across the majority of counties including everything from mayor to school board, you can find some of this info on Blue Voter Guide including info on Issue 2, which is a statewide ballot measure, but you might have to do a bit of sourcing yourself as well
Tennessee
Williamson County
Brentwood
Commisioner (vote for 3)
Janet Donahue (endorsed by a conservative republican PAC, Doctor, library foundation board member, poll worker)
Kim Smithson Gawrys (member of the Williamson county Republican party)
Mark Gorman (supported by the Williamson county Republicans)
Ray Little III (incumbent, an ethics complaint has been filed against him)
Allison Spears (incumbent, strong support of vets)
Henderson County
Parker’s Crossroads
City Commissioner
Kenneth Kizer
Jamie Simonton
There are 300 people living there, so I can’t find much of anything
Wyoming
Goshen County
Hawk Springs
Water and Sewer board at large
Jerry Kimbrel
Kassi Pressgrove (LIKELY REPUBLICAN)
Kevin Sanders
Tim Toedter
Teton County
Jackson
Spring Creek Improvement and Service District Board at large
Donna Falk (maybe Dem?)
Marc Segal (likely Dem)
Snake River Sporting Club Improvement and Service District Board At-large
Alan Tank
Kenneth Ball (incumbent)
Kevin B. Kynerd
Snake River Sporting Club Improvement and Service District Board At-large - Special
Laramie County
Albin
Town Council at large (pick 2)
Kelley Kriz
Andre Gutierrez
Lex Johnson
Roger Leonard
Natrona
Westland Park Improvement and Service District Board
Wesley Keyser
Craig McOmie (named Department of Environmental Quality public servant of the year)
Frank Howard (LIKELY REPUBLICAN, likes the daily wire)
Thurs May 8
Massachusetts
Barnstable County
Constable:
Candus Susan Thomson
Ralph Anthony Vitacco (dropped out, may still be on the ballot).School Committee:
Danielle M. Binienda,
Alexandra Marie Higgins (likely Dem, advocating for IEP access),
Meghan Tammaro (LIKELY DEM, arrested for doing the right thing arrested for ignoring orders from an LEO who demanded her and her husband stop providing medical aid to a man who overdosed).
Select Board (1 year):
Dennis Edwin Newman,
Gene John Parini (likely Rep, has commented on posts mocking President Biden, endorsed by local conservative group),
David J. Sampson.
8 uncontested races
1 race with no candidates
Essex County
all 10 races are uncontested
Woscester
Select Board:
Barur R. Rajeshkumar (incumbent),
Marc Frieden,
David Ashwell.
Board of Cemetery Trustees:
Kenneth Quist,
Kathryn Callahan,
Rob Mackenzie.
Board of Light Commissioners:
James Kingsley,
Jason Kunst.
Board of Water Commissioner:
James Lamountain,
Stephen Muscente,
Donald Varney.
7 uncontested races
2 races with no candidate
Sat May 10
Delaware
Sussex County
Russell Beland
Steven Gallagher
Mark Giler
Christine Keefe
Cynthia Van Horn
Massachusetts
Bristol County
Berkley School Committee:
Kaitlyn M. Robichaud,
Danielle Boulay,
Leisel B. Sullivan.
10 uncontested races
1 race with no candidates
Middlesex County
Select Board:
Mark J. Rambacher,
Gary C. Wilson,
Jenna Koerper Brownson (likely Dem, focus on helping low income families and promoting legal cannabis).
Electric Light Commissioners:
Melissa A. Hebert,
Ivan Pagacik,
Mark T. Hollinger.
Water Commissioners:
Melissa A. Hebert,
Ivan Pagacik,
Mark T. Hollinger (possible Dem, member and speaker at a pro LGBT+/immigrant church).
6 races uncontested,
1 race with an empty seat
1 race empty
Ballot Question
Plymouth County
Select Board (3 years):
Michael R. Richardson (tough call),
Timothy M. Dorsey.
Select Board (2 years):
A Greg McKelvey,
Tracy Kelley (likely Dem, indigenous and environmental rights).
6 uncontested races,
there are 5 ballot questions (link in the town name)
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