
The citizens of Lynn now know who will be on the ballot when they head to the polls on September 2nd and November 4th.
This year the City of Lynn is holding elections for the City Council, School Committee, and Mayor. Beginning March 24th nomination papers were available for anyone that wanted to run, which require specific amounts of signatures from voters to be able to appear on the ballot.
Signature requirements
- Mayor – 500 signatures. Not more than 150 of which shall be from any one Ward
- School Committee – 350 signatures. Not more than 100 of which shall be from any one Ward
- Councilor at Large – 350 signatures. Not more than 100 of which shall be from any one Ward
- Ward Councilor – 100 signatures from the Ward they represent
Candidates then had until July 15th to collect signatures and submit their nomination papers. While the Board of Election Commissioners has until July 29th to certify, the City of Lynn Election office has provided a list of all candidates that have returned their nomination papers with the correct amount of signatures needed.
During the Preliminary Election on Tuesday, September 2 voters will have the opportunity to choose from the following candidates:
* denotes an incumbent
- Mayor
- Jared Nicholson*
- School Committee
- Stacy Bryant-Brown
- Brian Castellanos*
- Julie Pyram Dorsey
- Eric Dugan*
- Lorraine Gately*
- Lenny Peña*
- Brenda Ortiz McGrath
- Andrea Satterwhite*
- Tristan Smith
- Councilor At-Large
- Brian Field*
- Jean Michael Fana
- Brian LaPierre*
- Nicole McClain*
- Hong Net*
- Ward 1
- Paul Gouthro
- Peter Meaney*
- Ward 2
- Obed Matul*
- Ward 3
- Coco Alinsug*
- Ward 4
- Natasha Megie-Maddrey*
- Ward 5
- Cardeliz Paez
- Liliana Patino
- Augustina Matos
- Josh Polonsky
- Ward 6
- Fred Hogan*
- Ward 7
- Jordan Avery
- Billy Devin Jr.
The Final Election takes place on Tuesday, November 4th.
All candidates above will be on the ballot then as well, except for Ward 5 where only 2 candidates may advance.
As part of our mission to inform the public, we will fully begin our extensive election coverage next Monday, July 28. This includes important information for voters such as voter registration deadlines, bios from the candidates, forums, and more. We also provide election night results shows, letting the city know who won before anyone else! More information about forums and election night results will be announced soon.
Some voter information is currently available, however our candidate videos and information will be released Monday. All candidates have been invited to participate in our coverage, and have been sent reminders as well. If information is missing for a candidate, then that means they declined to participate or missed the deadlines.
ELECTION GUIDE PSA
This PSA was developed by LCTV Director of Operations Riley to explain what positions you can vote for, a quick overview of those positions, and how to vote in City of Lynn elections.
The videos below were developed in 2021, however all information presented is still accurate. Spanish and Khmer language versions available at our Election section, linked above
The information above is courtesy of the City of Lynn Elections Office.
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