Election Update: 35 Candidates Will Vie for 28 Positions in November Townwide Elections

The following candidates have submitted the required signatures (25 for district councilors and 50 for townwide offices) to the Town Clerk by the deadline of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16. Allegra Clark submitted nomination papers for at-large town councilor and school committee member. Dillon Maxfield submitted papers for at-large councilor and District 4 councilor. These candidates must withdraw from all but one race by 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 2.

There is still no one challenging the incumbent Library Trustees, all of whom are seeking re-election. There are only two candidates for the two District 5 councilor seats (incumbent Ana Devlin Gauthier and Sam Macleod). Judith Souweine (incumbent) is unopposed for the Oliver Smith Will Elector, and Pat DeAngelis and Michael Burkart (incumbent) are the only candidates running for the three seats on the Amherst Housing Authority. 

Candidate statements are due by Thursday, October 2 and will be published on the Town Bulletin Board. Those received after Octobefr 2 will be posted on the Town Bulletin Board within five business days of receipt. As in past elections, the Indy will post the candidates’ statements, and will also pose a series of questions to candidates in contested races, and will post the questions and candidates’ answers in early October.

All townwide elected offices will be on the ballot in the November 4, 2025 election. Rank choice voting will be in effect, so there is no run-off election. Voters will elect: 

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

Councilor-at-Large (3 seats)

Andrew Churchill

Charlotte Allegra Rice Clark

Mandi Jo Hanneke (incumbent)

Dillon Maxfield

Ellisha Walker (incumbent)

District 1 Councilor (2 seats)

Jillian Brevik

Louis Conover

Ndifreke Ette (incumbent)

Vincent O’Connor

Cathy Schoen (incumbent)

District 2 Councilor (2 seats)

Amber Lee Cano Martin

Jason Michael Dorney

Lynn Griesemer (incumbent)

District 3 Councilor (2 seats)

Patrick Drumm

Heather Hala Lord (incumbent)

George Ryan (incumbent)

District 4 Councilor (2 seats)

Dillon Maxfield

Pamela Susan Rooney (incumbent)

Jennifer Lynn Taub (incumbent)

District 5 Councilor (2 seats)

Ana Devlin Gauthier (incumbent)

Samuel A. MacLeod 

School Committee (5 seats)

Esther Azar

Charlotte Allegra Rice Clark

Andrew Hart

Laura Jane Hunter

Bridget A. Hynes (incumbent)

Deborah Lee Leonard (incumbent)

Sarah Marshall (incumbent)

Library Board of Trustees (6 seats)

Farah Ameen (incumbent)

Lee R. Edwards (incumbent)

Tamson Ely (incumbent)

Eugene Anthony Goffredo (incumbent)

Nathaniel Carl Larson (incumbent)

Austin D. Sarat (incumbent)

Housing Authority (3 seats)

Michael Burkart (incumbent)

Patricia L. DeAngelis

Oliver Smith Will Elector (1 seat)

Judith Souweine (incumbent)

Information for Voters

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.

DATE	TIME
Monday, October 27, 2025	8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025	8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025	8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 30, 2025	8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Friday, October 31, 2025	8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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.