Updated: Amherst NH 2025 Town Election Results

AMHERST, NH — Here are some of the results from the March 11, 2025, election in Amherst, New Hampshire.

3,734 votes were cast.

Town Election

Selectmen (3-year seats, vote for no more than 2)

Pamela Coughlin 1,644

John D’Angelo 1,538

Russ Hodgkins 1,306

Len Gerzon 1,183

Moderator (1-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Mark Vincent 2,655

Cemetery Trustee (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Tedd Landon 2,669

Trustee of the Trust Fund (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Robert Grunbeck 2,522

Zoning Board of Adjustment (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Danielle Pray 2,585

Planning Board (3-year seat, vote for no more than 2)

Lisa Haagen 2,302

R. Gordon Leedy Jr. 2,060

Library Trustees (3-year seat, vote for no more than 3)

Elisabeth Larson 2,063

Gretchen Pyles 1,977

David Hallenbeck 1,411

James McGinness 1,215

Supervisor of the Checklist (5-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Sydney Irving 1,598

James McGinness 1,099

Articles Include …

Fire truck purchase: $1.9 million, approved, 2,214-1,025

Operating budget: $18.3 million, approved, 2,178-1,416

Baboosic Greenway Rail Trail Project: Approved, $2,505-1,170

School Election

School Board (3-year seats, vote for no more than 2)

Brian Gould 1,719

Jason White 1,617

Michael Almeida 1,335

Aaron Kaplan 1,125

School District Moderator (1-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

Matthew Comstock 1,697

Sharon Corr 1,238

Articles Include …

Renovated Wilkins Elementary School: $52.9 million, three-fifths vote needed, rejected, 1,987-1,648 (54.66 percent)

Amherst School District operating budget: $35.1 million, approved, 2,171-1,438

Souhegan Cooperative School District School Board (3-year seats, vote for no more than 2)

James Manning 1,792

Raji Gupta 1,180

Robert Hinz 1,152

Xindi Hennessey 1,128

Souhegan Cooperative School District Moderator (3-year seat, vote for no more than 1)

George Bower 2,938, both Amherst and Mont Vernon results

Articles Include ...

Souhegan Cooperative School Budget: $21.6 million, approved by both Amherst and Mont Vernon, 2,445-1,783

The town and school sample ballot can be found here, in PDF.

School budget documents can be found here.

The 2024 Annual Town Report and the 2025 Voter’s Guide are linked here.

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