Voters reelected two incumbent members of the Select Board and elected a new member to the School Committee and other local representatives during the town’s election Tuesday.
Appears around 2600 residents cast their ballots at Danvers High School between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m..
Gabriel Lopes received 1,457 votes for an open seat on the School Committee, beating against Paula Jones, who garnered 808 votes. Lopes’ term will last the next three years.
Incumbents Daniel Bennett and David Mills won the two seats up for grabs on the Select Board. Bennett came in first with 1,295 ballots. Mills grabbed the second with 1163 votes coming ahead of third-place finisher Timothy Donahue by 37 votes. Both of the incumbents will serve three-year terms.
Town Moderator Patricia Fraizer, who ran unopposed, was re-elected for another year with 1690 votes.
DDTC member Julie Curtis won seat on Library Trustees Board leading with 1,356 votes, followed by Natalie Luca Fiore with 1307 votes and, Kenneth Yoon Lee with 1,082 votes. All were elected to three-year seats as Library Trustees.
The first Annual Town Election after the completion of the 2020 Federal Census requires that precinct lines be rebalanced, ALL Town Meeting Members be reset and ALL member seats will run for re-election. All of the eight Precincts 18 seats were up for election. The top 6 candidates in each Precinct that received the most votes will be elected to the 3 year term, the next 6, to the 2 year term, and the last 6 of the top 18 will be elected to the 1 year term. To find out who they are visit: https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/danversma/uploads/2022/04/05-03-22_ATE_OFFICIAL_Results.pdf