Candidates in Short Supply for November 4th Town-wide Election

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With the deadline to turn in nomination papers less than two weeks away, there are few competitive races for elected town offices this fall. Although a few races appear to have a healthy number of candidates, many of those running have taken out papers for several contests, and will need to withdraw from all but one by 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 2

All town-wide elected offices will be on the ballot in the November 4, 2025 election. These include:

10 District Town Councilors (two from each of five districts)

3 Councilors-at-large

5 School Committee members

6 Jones Library Trustees

3 Amherst Housing Authority Commissioners

1 Oliver Smith Will Elector

Nomination papers are available from the Town Clerk’s office and are due by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16. Any registered voter in the Town of Amherst can sign nomination papers. Voters may sign for as many different candidates as they wish, even for the same office. If voters sign multiple times for the same candidate, only one signature will be certified. The number of signatures required are 25 residents of the district for District Town Councilors and 50 Amherst residents for all other offices. As of Thursday, September 4, the following residents have taken out nomination papers. The Indy will continue to update this information weekly.

List of  Candidates as of September 4, 2025


Councilor-At-Large (3 seats)

Andrew Churchill

Charlotte Allegra Rice Clark

Mandi Jo Hanneke (incumbent): signatures submitted

Dillon Maxfield

Amber Lee Cano Martin

Lynn Griesemer and Jillian Brevik took out papers, but withdrew from contention.

District 1 Councilor

Jillian Brevik: signatures submitted

Louis Conover: signatures submitted

Ndefreke Ette (incumbent): signatures submitted

Vincent O’Connor

District 2 Councilor 

Charlotte Allegra Rice Clark

Jason Dorney

Lynn Griesemer (incumbent): signatures submitted

Amber Lee Cano Martin

District 3 Councilor

Patrick Drumm

Heather Hala Lord (incumbent): signatures submitted

George Ryan (incumbent): signatures submitted

District 4 Councilor

Dillon Maxfield

Pamela Susan Rooney (incumbent): signatures submitted

Jennifer Lynn Taub (incumbent): signatures submitted

District 5 Councilor

Ana Mary Devlin Gauthier (incumbent)

Samuel A. McLeod : signatures submitted

School Committee (5 seats)

Charlotte Allegra Rice Clark

Meghan Fitzgerald

Laura Jane Hunter

Bridget Hynes (incumbent)

Deborah Leonard (incumbent)

Sarah Marshall (incumbent): signatures submitted

Amber Lee Cano-Martin

Jillian Brevik withdrew.

Library Board of Trustees (6 seats)

Farah Ameen (incumbent): signatures submitted

Lee R. Edwards (incumbent)

Tamson Ely (incumbent): signatures submitted

Eugene Anthony Goffredo (incumbent)

Nathaniel Carl Larson (incumbent)

Austin D. Sarat (incumbent): signatures submitted

Housing Authority (3 seats)

Michael Burkart (incumbent)

Patricia L. DeAngelis: signatures submitted

Oliver Smith Will Elector (1 seat)

Judith Souweine (incumbent): signatures submitted.

Candidate statements will be published on the Town Bulletin Board on the town’s website no later than September 19. They are due by the nomination paper deadline. Those received after September 16 will be posted on the bulletin board within five days of receipt. As was the case with past elections, The Indy will pose a series of questions to candidates in contested races and post their answers in early October.

The last day to register to vote is Friday, October 24 by 5 p.m. in person or by midnight online. 

Mail-in ballots will be available, but must be requested by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28. In-person absentee ballots must be filled out at the Town Clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 3.  Check your voter registration and precinct.

In-person early voting will be available in the first-floor meeting room at Town Hall, 4 Boltwood Walk, on the following dates. Note the extended hours on October 30.

DATETIME
Monday, October 27, 20258:00a – 4:30p
Tuesday, October 28, 20258:00a – 4:30p
Wednesday, October 29, 20258:00a – 4:30p
Thursday, October 30, 20258:00a – 7:00p
Friday, October 31, 20258:00a – 4:30p

The warrant for the election was approved at the August 18 Town Council meeting. It lists the voting sites for each precinct and is posted at various sites around town.

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