2 Framingham School Committee Candidates Already Certified

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Just 15 days into election nominating season in Framingham, two School Committee candidates have finished gathering signatures.

Incumbent District 9 School Committee member William LaBarge returned his signatures on June 14, and District 2 member Ricky Finlay, who was appointed to the seat earlier in 2021, returned his on June 10. The City Clerk has certified the signatures they gathered, ensuring they'll be on the ballot in 2021.

More than 30 incumbents and challengers so far have pulled nominating papers since June 1 to run in the 2021 Framingham races, which includes mayor, City Council (except the at-large seats), School Committee, Library Trustees and Cemetery Trustees.

Citywide, only the mayoral race and the District 2, 3, 7 and 9 Council races are competitive so far. Candidates have until July 15 to return nominating papers and get certified to appear on the ballot. The 2021 election will take place on Nov. 2, and primary elections will take place on Sept. 14 — so far the mayoral race is the only one with enough candidates to trigger a primary.

Candidates only need to collect 50 signatures from their district to appear on the ballot, except the mayoral candidates, who must collect 500 signatures.

Here's who had pulled papers as of Tuesday:

Mayor

• Carlos Valadares
• Charlie Sisitsky
• Yvonne Spicer (i)
• Rick McKenna

District 1 City Council

• Christine Long (i)

District 2 City Council

• Cesar Stewart-Morales (i)
• Jacob Binnall

District 3 City Council

• Adam Steiner (i)
• Mary Kate Feeney

District 4 City Council

• Michael Cannon (i)

District 5 City Council

• Noval Alexander

District 6 City Council

• Philip Ottaviani (i)

District 7 City Council

• Magdalena Katarzyna Janus
• Eugene C. Grzywna

District 8 City Council

• John Stefanini (i)

District 9 City Council

• Edgardo Angel Torres
• Tracey Bryant (i)

School Committee District 1

• Beverly Hugo (i)

School Committee District 2

• Richard Finlay

School Committee District 3

• Jennifer Moshe

School Committee District 4

• Adam Freudberg (i)

School Committee District 5

• Priscila Sousa (i)

School Committee District 7

• Tiffanie Maskell

School Committee District 8

• Jessica Barnhill (i)

School Committee District 9

• William Labarge (i)

Library Trustee

• Ruth S. Winett (i)
• Steven C. Malchman
• Heather Klish

• Dennis W. Cardiff (i)

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