Who's Headed To The Worcester Ballot In 2023: See Certified Candidates

WORCESTER, MA — The deadline to run for either city council or school committee in 2023 in Worcester is coming up on Tuesday, and the list of candidates released by the city clerk Friday shows that dozens of candidates will be on the ballot this year.

As of Friday, 23 candidates had been certified to run for city council seats — including open seats in District 4 and District 1 — and another 10 were certified to run for school committee.

But the list is not final. There are 11 candidates who pulled papers to run for city council and seven for school committee who might still get certified by the Tuesday deadline.

To get on the ballot, candidates have to collect signatures from registered voters. The city clerk's office then verifies those signatures before certifying candidates.

Here are the candidates who were certified as of the end of Friday. Candidates with an (i) next to their names are incumbents.

At-Large City Council

• Khrystian King (i)
• Donna Colorio (i)
• Johanna Hampton-Dance
• Maydee Morales
• Bill Coleman
• Kate Toomey (i)
• Domenica Perrone
• Joseph Petty (i)
• Thu Nguyen (i)
• Moe Bergman (i)

District 1 City Council

• Jenny Pacillo
• Larry Shetler
• David Peterson

District 2 City Council

• Candy Mero-Carlson (i)
• Robert Bilotta

District 3 City Council

• George Russell (i)
• Feanna Jattan-Singh

District 4 City Council

• Theodore Kostas
• Maureen Schwab
• Maria Montano
• Luis Ojeda

District 5 City Council

• Etel Haxhiaj (i)
• Edson Montero

School Committee At-Large

• Tracy O'Connell Novick (i)
• Laura Clancey (i)
• Susan Mailman (i)
• Maureen Binienda

School Committee District A

• Molly McCullough (i)

School Committee District C

• Dianna Biancheria
• Jermoh Kamara (i)

School Committee District C

• Alex Guardiola

School Committee District E

• Kathleen Roy

School Committee District F

• Jermaine Johnson (i)

These candidates had either not been certified or were pending certification as of Friday:

At-Large Council

• Jonathan Rodriguez
• Luis Bonilla
• Guillermo Creamer
• Nicholas Black

District 1 City Council

• Joseph Rubino
• Robert Diaz

District 2 City Council

• Philip Palmieri

District 4 City Council

• Katia Norford
• James Isaac McBride

District 5 City Council

• Edward J. Peters Jr
• Jose Rivera

School Committee At-Large

• Gabriel Rodriguez

School Committee District B

• Vanessa Alvarez
• Collin Reuter

School Committee District D

• Diep Doan

School Committee District E

• John Patrick Reed
• Nelly Medina
• Tami Dumphy