Foxborough Town Election: 10 People Declare Intention To Run

FOXBOROUGH, MA — If you're thinking about running for office in Foxborough, you have until March 15 to take out and return nomination papers for the May 4 town election, according to the town clerk's office. So far, 10 people have declared an interest in running for town wide office.

So far, two candidates for Board of Selectmen have taken out nomination papers to run, Robert Palie and Selectwoman Leah Gibson. Selectmen member Christopher Mitchell's term expires in 2021, and though he hasn't taken out nomination papers as of Feb. 23, there's still plenty of time for the candidates to signal their intent to run for another three-year term.

Candidates have also taken out nomination papers to run for the School Committee, Board of Health, Board of Assessors, Housing Authority and Planning Board.

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Here are the candidates that have taken out nomination papers so far. Asterisks indicate a candidate is an incumbent.

Selectmen:

• Robert Palie
• Leah Gibson

Board of Health:

• Betsy A. Allo

Planning Board:

• Tracey Vasile*
• Kevin Weinfeld*

School Committee

• Richard Pearson*
• Salina Chowdhury
• David Coffey

Board of Assessors

• Lori Rudd*

Housing Authority

• Kevin Powers*

See what other positions will be on May's ballot below: