Wayland 2024 Election: Low Turnout With No Contested Races

WAYLAND, MA — Only the most dedicated voters turned out to participate in Wayland's 2024 election, which featured no contested races for the first time dating back as far as the 1950s.

According to official results released Wednesday, no candidate cracked 1,000 votes, and town-wide turnout was about 10 percent. By comparison, the 2023 election had about 23 percent turnout, 22 percent in 2022, 15 percent in 2021, and 27 percent in 2020.

Here are the official vote tallies:

Select Board

• Doug Levine — 842
• Carol Martin (i) — 909

Board of Health

• Brett Mordas — 832
• Robert Defrancesco (i) — 867

Board of Assessors

• Zach Ventress (i) — 836
• Doug McNeilly — 850

Board of Library Trustees

• George Winfield Treese (i) — 864
• Candace Hetzner — 851

Board of Library Trustees (to fill vacancy)

• Emily Weintraub — 951

Recreation Commission

• David Pearlman (i) — 844
• Lesley Stewart — 839

School Committee

• Kate Sambuco — 854
• Elizabeth Cullen — 867

Board of Public Works

• Judy Ling — 833
• Michael Spelman — 871

Trust Fund Commission (to fill vacancy)

• Robert Fox (i) — 908

Trust Fund Commission

• Barry Rothschild (i) — 893

Planning Board

• Robin Borgestedt — 901
• Phyllis Dininio (associate) — 898