Kathleen Bell notified the Town Clerk Tuesday that she no longer intends to run for the three-year Sudbury School Committee seat. Jessica McCready is now the only person running for that seat.
Two people, Allison Vanderels and Elizabeth Sues, are running for the two-year SPS seat. Vanderels has returned papers for that seat and qualified for the ballot. Sues has not yet returned papers.
The two seats are separate races because of the difference in term length.
The Select Board Jan. 24 approved the addition of a second Sudbury School Committee seat to the March 31 Annual Town Election ballot, to fill a two-year term resulting from the resignation of SPS committee member Mary Stephens.
The Clerk certified the nomination papers Tuesday of Anuraj Shah and William Granger Atkeson, qualifying them for the ballot.
Shah is the first official candidate for the two open seats on the Planning Board. He is currently the only person who has filed to run.
Atkeson is the second official candidate for two open seats on the Park and Recreation Commission. The other candidate, Mara Huston, has also qualified for the ballot.
To appear on the ballot, prospective candidates must file an intention to run, gather the signatures of at least 50 registered Sudbury voters on a set of nomination papers, return those signatures by the Feb. 10 deadline, and the Town Clerk’s office must certify those signatures.
There are 14 open positions on this year’s Annual Town Election ballot. Any Sudbury registered voter may run for office. Prospective candidates do not need permission from a board or committee to run.
You can find a complete list of open positions here. You can find information about how to run for office here, and resources to support a run for office here.
The deadline for prospective candidates to file their intention to run is Thursday, Feb. 6 at 5 p.m. Nomination papers (“signatures”) must be returned by Feb. 10 at 5 p.m.
According to the Town Clerk’s office, as of 6:06 p.m. Feb. 4, the following people have filed their intention to run. An asterisk (*) indicates an official candidate whose name will appear on the ballot.
Select Board – contested race
(2 seats, 3 years)
Radha Gargeya*
Lisa Kouchakdjian*
Kevin Matthews*
Board of Assessors
(1 seat, 3 years)
Trevor Haydon
Goodnow Library Trustees
(2 seats, 3 years)
Jill Caseria*
Katina Fontes
Board of Health
(1 seat, 3 years)
Carol Bradford*
Park and Recreation Commission
(2 seats, 3 years)
William Granger Atkeson*
Mara Huston*
Planning Board
(2 seats, 3 years)
Anuraj Shah*
Sudbury School Committee
(1 seat, 3 years)
Jessica McCready*
Sudbury School Committee
(1 seat, 2 years)
Allison Vanderels*
Elizabeth Sues
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District School Committee
(2 seats, 3 years)
Lee Hannauer Gross
Valerie Friedholm
John Ryan, Jr.*
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