Nominations Watch: Who’s Pulled Papers?

It’s now a five-way race for two Select Board seats

Here are your neighbors who have taken out nomination papers for Town of Tewksbury elected offices as of this afternoon.

Local businessman Thomas Bowley pulled for Select Board. Also seeking one of those two seats is Eric Ryder, who previously served on the Planning Board. They join incumbent James Mackey and challengers Chris Moncada and Jomarie Buckley.

George Ferdinand has pulled two sets of papers. On Jan. 22 he took out papers for a three-year Board of Health term. On Jan. 24 he pulled for a two-year unexpired term. He can be on the ballot for only one of those seats.

Jomarie Buckley, John Deputat, Vincent Fratalia, Bridget Garabedian, James Mackey and Chris Moncada have returned enough voter signatures to officially qualify for the ballot.

An * denotes an incumbent, and a (Q) indicates that the candidate has qualified to be on the ballot by turning in papers with at least 50 registered voters’ signatures.

Offices open for election in the year 2024 are: 

Select Board (2 Seats) 
▪ James F. Mackey III* (Q)
▪ Christopher Moncada (Q)
▪ Jomarie Buckley (Q)
▪ Thomas Bowley
▪ Eric Ryder

School Committee (2 Seats) 
▪ Bridget L. Garabedian* (Q)

Planning Board (1 Seat) 
▪  Vincent Fratalia* (Q)

Board of Library Trustees (2 Seats) 
▪ Bonnie Page*  
▪ Chris Castiglione*
▪ Jonah McCreary

Board of Health (3 Seats)  
▪ George Ferdinand
▪ Steve Dalin

Housing Authority (1 Seat) 
▪ John Deputat* (Q)

Shawsheen Valley Technical High School Committee (1 Seat) 
▪ Robert Hutchins

Interested in running? Nomination papers for Town of Tewksbury elected offices are available at the Town Clerk’s Office, Town Hall, 1009 Main St. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  

The last day for candidates to file their nomination papers is Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 before 5:00 p.m., at the Town Clerk’s Office. Fifty valid registered Tewksbury voter signatures and addresses are required to be put on the ballot.

The Annual Town Election will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Learn more about running for office in Tewksbury here.

The Carnation thanks the Town Clerk’s office for facilitating coverage of the election.