Presidential Primary Turnout 41.8%; Local Election Turnout 35%
Reading, MA — With the unofficial results having been tallied, Reading voters chose to stick with the incumbents in the races for Select Board and School Committee. In the contest for the one available seat on the Select Board, incumbent Christopher Haley collected 3,664 votes to challenger Tara Gregory’s 3,166. Haley won six precincts, with Gregory winning two.
In the School Committee race, where two seats were up for election, incumbent Sarah McLaughlin received the most votes with 4,136. Incumbent Shawn Brandt came in second with 3,628 votes, and challenger Dana Guarino finished third with 3,100 votes. Guarino did not finish in the top two spots in any of Reading’s eight precincts.
Alan Foulds won his 28th consecutive one-year term as Moderator with 5,327 votes. Andrew Grimes, with 4,627 votes, and Andrew Gregory, with 4,246 votes, will both serve on the Library Board of Trustees. Both Pamela Dakalakis, who received 4,652 votes, and Raymond Porter, with 4,410 votes, were elected to the Reading Municipal Light Department Board of Commissioners.
In the presidential primary, Reading Republicans chose to support former President Donald Trump with 1,942 votes, while former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley received 1,675 votes. Democratic voters overwhelmingly supported President Joe Biden in his reelection bid with 3,998 votes.
All results will be unofficial until the election is certified by Town Clerk Laura Gemme later this week.
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