2012 Needham Town Election Results: Town Meeting

Editor's note: This article was updated at 2 p.m. to add Sandy Balzer Tobin as a three-year Town Meeting member for Precinct C. Tobin's name was inadvertently omitted during the initial tally.

is about one month away, but voting members have had to put in some effort early on just to get a seat on the floor. All 240 seats were up in the April 10 Town Election, because Needham precincts following the 2010 U.S. Census.

To maintain the staggered voting system, in which 24 seats are typically up in each Town Election, the newly elected Town Meeting members will receive a term length based on the number of votes they received on April 10. The top third vote-getters in each precinct will receive the usual three-year term, expiring in 2015; the second third will receive a two-year term, expiring in 2014; and the bottom third will receive a one-year term, expiring next spring.

In precincts where more than 24 names were on the ballot, the remaining individuals did not receive a seat. In precincts where less than 24 names were on the ballot, write-in candidates could earn a spot at Town Meeting.

Here is a precinct-by-precinct breakdown of how Needham voted and who earned Town Meeting seats (incumbents—those re-elected to their seats—are marked with an i). Note: These results are based on the tallies posted by Town Clerk Tedi Eaton on Tuesday, April 10; official term assignments have not been confirmed yet by the town clerk.

PRECINCT A

Individuals from Precinct A who received the highest votes and were elected to a three-year Town Meeting term include:

• Elizabeth M. Sargent (i), 137 votes
• Karen N. Price (i), 136 votes
• Scott D. Butchart (i), 132 votes
• Rachel B. Miller (i), 131 votes
• Richard S. Creem (i), 129 votes
• Donald B. Gratz (i), 128 votes
• Leslie A. Kalish (i), 127 votes
• Erik J. Bailey (i), 127 votes

Individuals from Precinct A receiving two-year Town Meeting terms include:

• John D. Genova (i), 125 votes
• Mary E. Keane-Hazard (i), 125 votes
• Alan J. Davidson (i), 122 votes
• Lee Garf (i), 119 votes
• Louise I. Schneider (i), 119 votes
• Cheryl A. Gosmon (i), 118 votes
• Norman F. O’Brien Jr. (i), 118 votes
• Nicholas P. Sterling (i), 115 votes

Individuals from Precinct A receiving one-year terms as Town Meeting members include:

• Dennis Carothers, 112 votes
• Walter D. Herrick (i), 112 votes
• Christopher A. Maxwell (i), 112 votes
• Tyson P. King (i), 110 votes
• Irwin Silverstein (write-in), 9 votes
• Nina Silverstein (write-in), 8 votes
• James Scott (write-in), 4 votes
• Suzane Nissen (write-in), 3 votes

There were 18 scattered write-ins in Precinct A and 3,672 blanks.

PRECINCT B

These individuals from Precinct B received the highest votes and were elected to a three-year Town Meeting term:

• Damon J. Borrelli (i), 213 votes
• James G. Healy, 209 votes
• Marianna Borrelli (i), 203 votes
• Kim Marie Nicols (i), 189 votes
• Sarah Ann Toran (i), 175 votes
• Thomas M. Jacob (i), 174 votes
• Stacie M. Shapiro, 167 votes
• Scott McConchie (i), 162 votes

Individuals from Precinct B receiving the two-year Town Meeting term include:

• Steve M. Rosenstock (i), 156 votes
• Elizabeth Jane Grimes (i), 154 votes
• Kevin T. Pendergast (i), 152 votes
• Cathy M. Freedberg (i), 151 votes
• Richard B. Moody (i), 148 votes
• Catherine E. Kurkjian, 148 votes
• Mark Goldberg (i), 147 votes
• David C. Harris (i), 146 votes
• Dorothea Von Herder, 146 votes

Individuals from Precinct B earning a one-year Town Meeting term include:

• John J. Frankenthaler (i), 144 votes
• William G. Doyle (i), 143 votes
• Richard M. Freedberg (i), 143 votes
• George Baierlein (i), 142 votes
• Glenn S. Orenstein (i), 140 votes
• Gerald C. Rovner (i), 138 votes
• Francis G. Arren, 137 votes

There were 5 scattered write-ins in Precinct B and 5,816 blanks.

PRECINCT C

The following individuals from Precinct C earned a three-year Town Meeting term, with the highest votes:

• Joseph P. Barnes Jr. (i), 181 votes
• Scott M. Brightman (i), 180 votes
• Paul S. Alpert (i), 164 votes
• Sheila G. Pransky (i), 163 votes
• Sandra Balzer Tobin (i), 163 votes
• Gilbert W. Cox Jr. (i), 161 votes
• Paul B. Tilotson (i), 157 votes
• Susan B. Neckes (i), 156 votes

These individuals earned two-year Town Meeting terms:

• Louise L. Miller (i), 154 votes
• Claire Patricia Messing (i), 151 votes
• Peter A. Alpert (i), 147 votes
• Bruse S. Barnett (i), 147 votes
• Mark J. Gluesing (i), 144 votes
• Debra Mann Schmill, 144 votes
• David R. Cox, 141 votes
• Carl J. Lueders, 141 votes

And these Precinct C residents earned a one-year Town Meeting term:

• Edward Doherty (i), 137 votes
• James D. Masterman (i), 137 votes
• Lisa W. Zappala (i), 132 votes
• Robert Scott Ticktin, 127 votes
• William H. Dugan Jr. (i), 125 votes
• Caterina Bonadio O’Connor (i), 122 votes
• Lois R. Goldberg (i), 117 votes
• Adelaide C. Young (i), 115 votes

These Precinct C candidates did not quite garner enough votes to earn one of the 24 Town Meeting seats:

• Natasha Espada, 110 votes
• John H. Haslip (i), 107 votes
• Thomas David Langford, 103 votes
• Joel H. Daniels, 102 votes

There were 6 scattered write-ins in Precinct C and 5,810 blanks.

PRECINCT D

These Precinct D individuals received the most votes and were elected to three-year Town Meeting terms:

• Heidi C. Black (i), 175 votes
• Illy Ane Clarke (i), 152 votes
• Ann Der Marderosian (i), 151 votes
• Kathleen M. Lewis (i), 149 votes
• Roy A. Cramer (i), 146 votes
• Kathryn L. D’Addesio (i), 146 votes
• Bruce T. Eisenhut (i), 146 votes
• Gregory John Shesko (i), 145 votes

These Precinct D individuals were elected to two-year Town Meeting terms:

• Richard J. Lunetta (i), 139 votes
• Gary B. McNeill (i), 136 votes
• David J. Sexton (i), 136 votes
• Joshua W. Levy (i), 133 votes
• Thomas F. Soisson (i), 133 votes
• Cynthia L. Conturie (i), 132 votes
• Ross M. Donald, 130 votes
• Richard S. Mann (i), 130 votes

These individuals from Precinct D were elected to one-year Town Meeting terms:

• Roger B. Hunt (i), 129 votes
• Aaron M. Pressman (i), 122 votes
• Aaron Remorenko, 120 votes
• Reginald C. Foster (i), 119 votes
• Arthur Walitt (i), 117 votes
• Carl S. Ship (i), 115 votes
• Christopher J. Gerstel, (write-in) 6 votes
• Michele Dhanda (write-in), 2 votes

There were 10 scattered write-ins in Precinct D and 4,925 blanks.

PRECINCT E

These individuals in Precinct E had the highest number of votes and were elected to a three-year Town Meeting term:

• Constance S. Barr (i), 208 votes
• Ann M. Cosgrove (i), 200 votes
• Philip V. Robey (i), 186 votes
• Ford H. Peckham (i), 175 votes
• Carol A. Fachetti (i), 174 votes
• Cynthia J. Chaston (i), 166 votes
• Kevin M. Tormey, 160 votes
• Michael J. Retzky, 158 votes

These Precinct E residents were elected to two-year terms:

• Linda J. George (i), 157 votes
• Irene M. Francesconi (i), 154 votes
• Sam Bass Warner (i), 154 votes
• Christine M. Harvey (i), 153 votes
• Lawrence R. Cummings (i), 152 votes
• Julie E. Stevens (i), 152 votes
• Theodore M. Crowell (i), 150 votes
• Paul J. Durda (i), 149 votes

These Precinct E individuals were elected to one-year terms:

• Ronald W. Ruth (i), 146 votes
• Paul A. Siegenthaler (i), 139 votes
• Kurt M. Mullen (i), 133 votes
• John E. Comando, 133 votes
• Walter T. Decker (i), 120 votes
• Edward Cosgrove (write-in), 11 votes
• Ted Weiner (write-in), 3 votes

Write-in candidates Gerald Silverstein and Carl Rubin each received 2 votes.

There were 29 scattered write-ins in Precinct E, along with 7,362 blanks.

PRECINCT F

The following individuals received the highest votes for Precinct F and earned a three-year Town Meeting term:

• Matthew D. Borrelli (i), 249 votes
• Alison S. Borrelli (i), 221 votes
• Deborah S. Winnick (i), 210 votes
• Gail E. Davis (i), 195 votes
• John f. Milligan (i), 164 votes
• Jennifer S. Sexton (i), 162 votes
• Jeanne S. McKnight (i), 158 votes
• Richard W. Davis (i), 156 votes

Individuals from Precinct F who earned a two-year Town Meeting term include:

• William A. Zoppo (i), 155 votes
• Lawrence J. Cohen (i), 153 votes
• Michael L. Niden (i), 146 votes
• Mary Anne MacMahon (i), 142 votes
• Michael McKay (i), 140 votes
• Rochelle E. Goldin, 137 votes
• John P. Kirk, 135 votes
• Carl Goldstein (i), 134 votes

Individuals from Precinct F who earned a one-year Town Meeting term include:

• Barry R. McDonough, 133 votes
• William J. Okerman (i), 132 votes
• Kenneth Scott Muldoon (i), 130 votes
• Carolyn R. McIver (i), 129 votes
• Barry Coffman, 121 votes
• Jeffrey D. Heller (i), 120 votes
• Steve Markman (i), 120 votes
• Michael L. Verdun (i), 118 votes

These Precinct F candidates did not quite garner enough votes to earn one of the 24 Town Meeting seats:

• Richard P. Paolini (i) 113 votes
• Stephen L. Dornbusch (i), 112 votes
• Richard G. Lyons (i), 112 votes
• Craig Scholl (i), 110 votes
• Michael R. Cohen, 89 votes

There were 10 scattered write-ins in Precinct F and 7,242 blanks.

PRECINCT G

These individuals from Precinct G received the most votes and were elected to three-year terms as Town Meeting representative:

• Susan W. Abbott (i), 244 votes
• Thomas M. Harkins (i), 227 votes
• Patricia B. Buckley (i), 225 votes
• Susan Welby (i), 224 votes
• Maureen T. McCaffrey (i), 222 votes
• Fran Gallagher, 217 votes
• Susan B. McGarvey, 217 votes
• Katy M. Dirks (i), 206 votes

These individuals from Precinct G were elected to two-year Town Meeting terms:

• Robert J. Dermody, 203 votes
• Robert T. Smart Jr. (i), 200 votes
• Charlotte B. Sidell (i), 189 votes
• Kathleen D. Robey (i), 187 votes
• Paul H. Attridge (i), 186 votes
• Richard DeMeis (i), 175 votes
• Andrew J. Pittman, 170 votes
• Julia C. H. Blake, 169 votes

These individuals from Precinct G were elected to one-year Town Meeting terms:

• William F. Connors (i), 167 votes
• Michael J. Crawford (i), 167 votes
• Fredie D. Kay (i), 158 votes
• Peter W. Beacham Jr. (i), 157 votes
• Timothy P. Tierney (i), 156 votes
• Kenneth B. Freundlich, 141 votes
• Michael A. Distler, 120 votes
• Gary Michael Kaufman, 120 votes

These Precinct G candidates did not quite garner enough votes to earn one of the 24 Town Meeting seats:

• Mark Pagnier, 109 votes
• Ilan Barzilay, 92 votes

There were 10 scattered write-ins in Precinct G and 8,734 blanks.

PRECINCT H

These individuals in Precinct H received the most votes and were elected to three-year Town Meeting terms:

• Heinz R. Brinkhaus (i), 268 votes
• M. Patricia Cruickshank (i), 233 votes
• Marjorie M. Margolis (i), 227 votes
• Paula R. Callanan (i), 224 votes
• Paula T. Milligan (i), 209 votes
• Richard M. Reilly (i), 209 votes
• Elizabeth P. Handler (i), 208 votes
• Robert Y. Larsen (i), 207 votes

These individuals in Precinct H were elected to two-year Town Meeting terms:

• Nancy E. McCarthy (i), 206 votes
• Mark McDonough, 203 votes
• Peter R. Olive, 201 votes
• Julia Satti Cosentino (i), 198 votes
• Harmony H. Wu (i), 188 votes
• Michael C. Kardok (i), 185 votes
• Richard A. Zimbone (i), 185 votes
• Jason R. Gragg, 183 votes

These individuals from Precinct H were elected to one-year terms:

• John A. Kingston, 180 votes
• Richard J. Savage Jr. (i), 179 votes
• Jeffrey S. Shapiro (i), 179 votes
• Michael A. Diener (i), 178 votes
• Jeffrey E. Kristeller (i), 172 votes
• Laura London (i), 171 votes
• Radek Fooksa, 167 votes
• Isabelle Avedikian (write-in), 35 votes

There were 49 scattered write-ins in Precinct H and 7,524 blanks.

PRECINCT I

The following individuals in Precinct I received the most votes and were elected to three-year Town Meeting terms:

• Peter D. Atallah, 240 votes
• Paul F. Denver (i), 231 votes
• Lois F. Sockol (i), 227 votes
• Pual Robey III (i), 221 votes
• Ron Sockol (i), 217 votes
• John P. O’Leary (i), 201 votes
• John P. Connelly (i), 198 votes
• David J. Escalante (i), 198 votes

These Precinct I individuals were elected to two-year Town Meeting terms:

• Maura O. Walsh (i), 197 votes
• Thomas H. Hannigan Jr. (i), 192 votes
• Lorraine M. Murphy (i), 191 votes
• Jill C. Kahn-Boesel (i), 190 votes
• Leslie Ann Renzulli (i), 189 votes
• Alison Rivers, 187 votes
• Thomas W. Higgins (i), 184 votes
• David Paul Supple (i), 184 votes

These Precinct I individuals were elected to one-year Town Meeting terms:

• Josephine Luppino Ochalla (i), 181 votes
• Artie R. Crocker, 181 votes
• Jeffrey S. Mesnik, 178 votes
• Anne W. Weinstein, 172 votes
• Stephen C. Kagan (i), 164 votes
• Nicholas S. Renzulli (i), 162 votes
• Claire Dee Ecsedy (i), 153 votes
• Kathleen D. Whitney (i), 149 votes

These Precinct I candidates did not quite garner enough votes to earn one of the 24 seats:

• David J. Ecsedy (i), 146 votes
• Joel S. Golden (i), 142 votes
• Peter J. Pingitore (i), 142 votes
• Rachel Ann Weinstock (i), 142 votes

There were 7 scattered write-ins in Precinct I and 8,370 blanks.

PRECINCT J

The following individuals from Precinct J received the most votes and earned a three-year term as Town Meeting representative:

• Michael J. Greis (i), 230 votes
• Marianne B. Cooley (i), 206 votes
• David C. DiCicco, 206 votes
• William R. Dermody (i), 199 votes
• M. Kathleen Tedoldi, 169 votes
• Georgina A. Arrieta-Ruetenik, 168 votes
• Sara Orozco (i), 163 votes
• James S. Bonasia (i), 162 votes
• Donna M. Mullin (i), 162 votes

These individuals from Precinct J were elected to a two-year Town Meeting term:

• Catherine J. Barker (i), 157 votes
• Michael M. Mathias (i), 157 votes
• Marcia C. Mather (i), 153 votes
• Karen R. Shannon (i), 153 votes
• Stuart B. Chandler (i), 152 votes
• Jane B. Murphy (i), 152 votes
• Robert A. Downs (i), 148 votes

These individuals from Precinct J were elected to a one-year Town Meeting term:

• Kevin J. Keane, 140 votes
• Robert E. Deutsch (i), 137 votes
• Paul G. Smith (i), 137 votes
• John W. Filoon III (i), 136 votes
• Arthur S. Cantor, 131 votes
• George F. Kent (i), 129 votes
• David P. Montgomery (i), 126 votes
• Christopher Mooney (i), 123 votes

These Precinct J candidates did not quite garner enough votes to earn one of the 24 seats:

• Carol I. Urwitz (i), 119 votes
• Robert Scott Campbell Meltzer, 113 votes
• Martin L. B. Walter, 110 votes

There were 9 scattered write-ins in Precinct J and 7,061 blanks.