Politics & Government

Needham Votes: Official Results

A look at voting numbers for town official, Town Meeting rep races.

A total of 2,793 voters turned out for Tuesday's town election. Turnout by precinct was as follows:

• Precinct A (), 168 votes

• Precinct B (Hillside School), 230 votes

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• Precinct C (), 235 votes

• Precinct D (Newman School), 210 votes

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• Precinct E (), 279 votes

• Precinct F (), 319 votes

• Precinct G (), 357 votes

• Precinct H (Broadmeadow School), 394 votes

• Precinct I (), 322 votes

• Precinct J (Mitchell School), 279 votes

Here's a complete rundown of how residents voted, according to official results provided by Town Clerk Tedi Eaton on Tuesday night. Winning candidates are noted with an asterisk (*).

TOWN MODERATOR

One seat (one year)

*Michael K. Fee, 2,024

Write-ins, 12

Blanks, 757

Total votes: 2,793

BOARD OF SELECTMEN

Two seats (three years each)

*Gerald A. Wasserman, 1,728

*James G. Healy, 1,860

Write-ins, 22

Blanks, 1,976

Total votes: 5,586

 ASSESSOR

One seat (three years)

*Kevin J. Foley, 1,692

Write-ins, 4

Blanks, 1,097

Total votes: 2,793

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Two seats (three years each)

*Michael J. Greis, 1,875

David J. Ecsedy, 512

Catherine E. Kurkjian, 650

*Kim Marie Nicols, 1,515

Write-ins, 2

Blanks, 1,032

Total votes: 5,586

TRUSTEE OF

One seat (three years)

*John S. Gallello, 1,884

Write-ins, 200

Blanks, 709

Total votes: 2,793

TRUSTEE OF

Three seats (three years each)

*Thomas M. Harkins, 1,787

*Lois F. Sockol, 1,723

*Richard C. Hardy, 1,494

Write-ins, 4

Blanks, 3,371

Total votes: 8,379

BOARD OF HEALTH

One seat (three years)

Edward V. Cosgrove III, 1,759

Write-ins, 3

Blanks, 1,031

Total votes: 2,793

PLANNING BOARD

One seat (five years)

*Bruce T. Eisenhut, 1,390

Frank S. Gallello, 1,043

Write-ins, 1

Blanks, 358

Total votes: 2,793

NEEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY

One seat (five years)

*William DeBear, 1,648

Write-ins, 3

Blanks, 1,142

Total votes: 2,793

COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS 

One seat (three years)

*Louise L. Miller, 1,708

Write-ins, 5

Blanks, 1,080

Total votes: 2,793

PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION

One seat (three years)

Kathleen D. Robey, 360

*Andrea L. Shorthose, 489

Write-ins, 112

Blanks, 1,832

Total votes: 2,793 

CONSTABLE

Two seats (three years)

*Paul F. Hunt, 1,625

*Charles G. Wright, 1,535

Write-ins, 3

Blanks, 2,423

Total votes: 5,586

Town Meeting Representatives

Along with filling town offices, voters in all 10 precincts picked representatives for the upcoming Town Meeting during Tuesday's election. Here's a look at the results by precinct (winning candidates noted with an asterisk):

PRECINCT A (Hillside School)

Eight seats (three years each)

*Richard S. Creem, 100

*John D. Genova, 102

*Donald B. Gratz, 105

*Karen N. Price, 108

*Louise I. Schnieder, 96

*Irwin Silverstein, 107

*Nina Silverstein, 104

Write-ins:

*Tyson P. King, 4

John F. Cross, 2

Scattered write-ins, 1

Blanks, 615

Total votes: 1,344

PRECINCT B (Hillside School)

Seven seats (three years each)

*William G. Doyle, 127

*Cathy M. Freedberg, 127

*Scott McConchie, 123

*Glenn S. Orenstein, 122

*Gerald C. Rovner, 121

*Sarah Ann Toran, 139

*Elizabeth Jane Grime, 135

Scattered write-ins, 2

Blanks, 714

Total votes: 1,610

PRECINCT C (Newman School)

Eight seats (three years each)

*Paul S. Alpert, 150

*Peter A. Alpert, 145

*Mark J. Gluesing, 146

*James D. Masterman, 143

*Claire Patricia Messin, 145

*Sandra Balzer Tobin, 149

*Adelaide C. Young, 132

Write-ins:

Susan Decker, 12

Scattered write-ins, 16

Blanks, 842

Total votes: 1,880

PRECINCT C (Newman School)

One seat to fill a vacancy (one year)

Write-ins:

*Edward J. Doherty, 3

Scattered write-ins, 8

Blanks, 224

Total votes: 235

PRECINCT D (Newman School)

Eight seats (three years each)

*Roy A. Cramer, 116

Kathryn L. D'Addesio, 120

Ann DerMarderosian, 121

Roger B. Hunt, 110

Gregory John Shesko, 115

Ralph A. Toran, 125

Richard J. Lunetta, 117

Carl S. Ship, 104

Scattered write-ins, 2

Blanks, 750

Total: 1,680

PRECINCT D (Newman School)

One seat to fill a vacancy (one year)

Gary B. McNeill, 138

Scattered write-ins, 0

Blanks, 72

Total: 210

PRECINCT E (Pollard Middle School)

Eight seats (three years each)

*Constance S. Barr, 172

*Ann M. Cosgrove, 162

*Linda J. George, 141

*Jane A. Howard, 152

*Ronald W. Ruth, 140

*William J. Supple, 172

*Walter T. Decker, 124

Write-ins:

*Christine Harvey, 19

Michael Retzky, 9

Scattered write-ins, 20

Blanks, 1,121

Total: 2,232

PRECINCT F (Stephen Palmer Senior Center)

Eight seats (three years each)

*Gilbert W. Cox Jr., 175

*Gail E. Davis, 172

*Richard W. Davis, 155

*John F. Milligan, 174

*Michael L. Niden, 153

*Deborah S. Winnick, 171

*William S. Zoppo, 138

Jeffrey M. Friedman, 91

Richard P. Paolini, 98

*Michael L. Verdun, 132

Scattered write-ins, 1

Blanks, 1092

Total votes: 2,552

PRECINCT G (Broadmeadow School)

Eight seats (three years each)

*Susan W. Abbott, 173

*Patricia B. Buckley, 165

Fran Gallagher, 143

*Kathleen J. O'Keeffe, 148

*Jill E. Owens, 148

*Barbara K. Popper, 151

*Kathleen D. Robey, 157

*Susan Welby, 181

Michael J. Litchman, 76

*Kenneth Scott Muldoon, 169

Scattered write-ins, 7

Blanks, 1,338

Total votes: 2,856

PRECINCT G (Broadmeadow School)

One seat to fill a vacancy (two years)

Robert J. Dermody, 105

*Katy M. Dirks, 135

Rochelle E. Goldin, 49

Scattered write-ins, 0

Blanks, 68

Total votes: 357

PRECINCT H (Broadmeadow School)

Eight seats (three years each)

*Heinz R. Brinkhaus, 214

*Robert Y. Larsen, 207

*Marjorie M. Margolis, 208

*Nancy E. McCarthy, 199

*Paul T. Milligan, 185

*Jeffrey S. Shapiro, 170

Joan S. Smith, 155

*Paula R. Callanan, 162

*Richard M. Reilly, 255

Scattered write-ins, 3

Blanks, 1,394

Total votes: 3,152

PRECINCT I (Mitchell School)

Nine seats (three years each)

*Paul F. Denver, 202

*David J. Ecsedy, 141

*Thomas H. Hannigan, 172

*John P. O'Leary, 168

*Paul Robey III, 183

*David Paul Supple, 170

*Maura O. Walsh, 185

*Kathleen D. Whitney, 160

Todd L. Glaskin, 119

*Josephine Luppino Ochalla, 151

Scattered write-ins, 9

Blanks, 1,238

Total votes: 2,898

PRECINCT J (Mitchell School)

Eight seats (three years each)

*William R. Dermody, 179

*Michael J. Greis, 156

*Rebecca C. Turner, 143

*John W. Filoon III, 155

*David P. Montgomery, 144

*Christopher Mooney, 146

Write ins:

*Karen Shannen, 35

*Colleen Schaller, 22

Carol Urwitz, 11

Scattered write-ins, 30

Blanks, 1,211

Total votes: 2,232


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