Politics & Government
Shrewsbury 2023 Election Results: See Who's Ahead
Shrewsbury released unofficial results from Tuesday's spring election for select board, school committee and housing authority.
SHREWSBURY, MA — The Shrewsbury Town Clerk has released unofficial results from the 2023 spring election that took place Tuesday.
The 2022 election featured three competitive races, with five candidates vying for a two select board seats, three candidates running for two Shrewsbury School Committee seats and a two-person race for a seat on the housing authority.
In the select board race, first-time candidate Carlos Garcia made history after becoming the first LGBTQ and first person of color to win a seat on the board. Garcia is poised to pick up the seat being vacated by Maurice DePalo, who served on the select board for 30 years.
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The election saw about 15 percent turnout, with 3,777 of Shrewsbury's 25,553 voters casting a ballot on Tuesday.
Here are the unofficial results from Shrewsbury's 2023 election:
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Select Board
- Beth Casavant (i) — 1,976
- James Brown — 534
- Siobhan Costello-Weber — 1,130
- Carlos Garcia — 1,654
- Rajesh Uppalapati — 1,244
School Committee
- Sandra Fryc (i) — 2,352
- Rachel Sharifipour — 1,747
- Rajesh Velagapudi — 1,726
Shrewsbury Housing Authority
- Kathleen McSweeney (i) — 2,208
- Anand Sharma — 1,383
Trustees of Public Library
- Elizabeth Powers (i) — 2,599
- April Prince (i) — 2,470
- Barbara Trudel — 2,424
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