Who Won Merrimack Budget Committee Write-In?

When last we left the ballot results on Tuesday, election officials had their work cut out for them when it came to determining the winner of the fourth seat on the school district's budget committee.

With only three names on the ballot – Stanley Heinrich, Lisa Mooney and Alicia Nelson, the fourth seat was up for grabs and 953 of 2,061 voters had a recommendation.

Ultimately, the winner of the seat was Carol Lang, with 234 votes. But to say it was a pretty close race, especially for a write-in campaign, would be an understatement.

Randall White came in as the runner up, with 217 votes, Jody Cole with 204, Shelly Jacoby with 192 and April Leonard with 53.

Lang, who spent the day at the polls letting voters know of her write-in campaign, brings experience as a past member of the budget committee.

Lang said she stepped down from the committee a few years ago, after 10 years of service.

"I thought I would sit back and see if the next generation jumped in, but it didn't," Lang said of the decision to attempt to secure a seat on the committee.

Congratulations to all whole ran and to Lang for securing a new term on the budget committee.

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