Here’s who’s on the ballot (so far) for this fall’s Newton municipal election

by | Jul 20, 2015 | Newton | 6 comments

While would-be candidates still have just under two weeks until the July 30 deadline to pull papers and/or submit signatures to run for Alderman/City Council or Newton School Committee this fall, here’s a list from the City Clerk’s office of candidates that have turned in their nomination papers and have enough certified signatures as of July 16:


Scott F. Lennon                   Alderman-at-Large, Ward 1
Alison Leary                         Ward Alderman, Ward 1
Marcia T. Johnson               Alderman-at-Large, Ward 2
Susan S. Albright                Alderman-at-Large, Ward 2
Jacob Daniel Auchincloss   Alderman-at-Large, Ward 2
Jessica C. Barton                 Alderman-at-Large, Ward 2
Lynne Lise LeBlanc              Alderman-at-Large, Ward 2
Emily Norton                        Ward Alderman, Ward 2
Cyrus Vaghar                       School Committee, Ward 2
Margaret Albright                School Committee, Ward 2
Barbara Brousal-Glaser       Ward Alderman, Ward 3
Leonard J. Gentile               Alderman-at-Large, Ward 4
Amy Mah Sangiolo              Alderman-at-Large, Ward 4
John W. Harney                   Ward Alderman, Ward 4
Diana Fisher Gomberg        School Committee, Ward 4
Brian E. Yates                       Alderman-at-large, Ward 5
Deborah J. Crossley             Alderman-at-Large, Ward 5
John B. Rice                          Ward Alderman, Ward 5
Susan Huffman                     School Committee, Ward 5
Victoria Danberg                  Alderman-at-Large, Ward 6
Richard B. Blazar                 Ward Alderman, Ward 6
Ruthanne Fuller                   Alderman-at-Large, Ward 7
Marc C. Laredo                     Alderman-at-Large, Ward 7
R. Lisle Baker                       Ward Alderman, Ward 7
Matthew Hills                       School Committee, Ward 7
Frank Wolpe                         Alderman-at-Large, Ward 8
Richard A. Lipof                    Alderman-at-Large, Ward 8
David A. Kalis                        Alderman-at-Large, Ward 8
Cheryl Lipof Lappin              Ward Alderman, Ward 8

6 Comments

  1. Joyce
    Joyce on July 20, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    Ward 6 is short a candidate – I know there is still time to file but what happens if no one runs for it? Just curious, thank you.

  2. Chris Steele
    Chris Steele on July 20, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    Hi @Joyce. I’m sure we will have a candidate (or two). But if not, I believe that’s covered by Section 2-5(a) of the City Charter:

    Special Election—If there be a vacancy, by failure to elect or otherwise, on the Board of Aldermen within the first fifteen calendar months of the term for which aldermen are elected, the Board of Aldermen shall forthwith call a special election to fill such vacancy. Such election shall be by the voters of the whole City in the case of aldermen at large, or by the voters entitled to such representation in the case of ward aldermen.

    Not having a candidate would I’m sure be characterized as a “failure to elect..” Others have more insight to add?

  3. Ted Hess-Mahan
    Ted Hess-Mahan on July 20, 2015 at 5:20 pm

    Two words: “write ins.”

  4. Groot Gregory
    Groot Gregory on July 20, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    Hey, I am in Ward 6. I won my first NHNAC seat on write-ins getting twice the votes of all but one other write-in candidate who got three votes.

  5. BOB BURKE
    BOB BURKE on July 20, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    @Groot. Those are the kinds of landslides that take my breath away.

  6. Joyce
    Joyce on July 22, 2015 at 9:25 am

    Thank you all. Now this is just a geek election question, Groot as a write in winner, did you then have to go back and file proper election forms, finance disclosures etc? Or are Village ACs exempt from that? Newton Centre doesn’t have one so never looked into their structures.