New Sudbury Board of Selectmen Seats Go to Simon, Woodard

Chuck Woodard and Leonard Simon won the June 25 Special Town Election, capping Sudbury’s quest to expand the Board, which began a year ago.

Woodard, the former FINCOM member, defeated Thaddeus Gozdeck by a meer 25 votes, 2,267-2,242. The big surprise in the race for the two-year seat was that 355 votes went to Eric Poch, who pulled out of the race last week.

In the race for the three-year seat, Simon defeated Dan DePompei handily, 2,570-2,265. For DePompei, it was his second attempt in two years to get on the Board.

Neither Woodard nor Simon immediately returned calls and emails seeking comment Tuesday night.

There were 5,390 votes cast, representing 45 percent of the town's 12,047 registered voters.

Also on the ballot were two questions related to funding for a new police station and traffic improvements to Town Center.

Ballot Question No. 1 asked the Town of Sudbury be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition 2 ½, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to provide professional and engineering services for the final design inclusive of construction documents for a new police station on Town-owned land on Hudson Road including the payment of all expenses incidental or related thereto. That passed 2,617- 2,527.

Ballot Question No. 2 asked the Town of Sudbury be allowed to assess an additional $700,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of constructing traffic improvements to the Town  Center including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto for the fiscal year  beginning July first 2013. That passed, 2,791- 2,431.

Sudbury also voted for Democrat Ed Markey to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat. Markey defeated Republic Gabriel Gomez in Sudbury, 3,179-2,303. The Boston Globe reported Tuesday night Markey won the state-wide election.

SUDBURY SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION
June 25, 2013
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
The Special Town Election was held at two locations.  Precincts 1, 1A, 2 & 5 voted at the Fairbank Community Center, 40 Fairbank Road and Precincts 3 & 4 voted at the Town Hall, 322 Concord Road. The polls were open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. There were 5390votes cast, representing 45% of the town's 12,047 registered voters. There were 2 contested races and 2 ballot questions. 
Precinct         1  1A            2          3          4           5  Total 
Board of Selectmen (1) For a term of not more than two years, ending no later than the last day of the annual town meeting in 2015
Blanks       63       19         82      125      110      112      511
THADDEUS T. GOZDECK     312     147      415      470      427      471   2,242
ERIC D. POCH       54       14         99        65        64         59      355
CHARLES C. WOODARD     418     106      442      445      469      387   2,267
Write-Ins        -          -             4          4          6           1         15
Totals     847     286   1,042  1,109   1,076   1,030   5,390
Board of Selectmen (1) For a term of not more than three years,  ending no later than the last day of the annual town meeting in 2016
Blanks       80       21         83      137      121         99      541
DANIEL A. DePOMPEI     369     151      400      482      433      430   2,265
LEONARD A. SIMON     398     113      554      487      518      500   2,570
Write-Ins        -           1           5          3          4           1         14
Totals     847     286   1,042  1,109   1,076   1,030   5,390
Ballot Question No. 1: Shall the Town of Sudbury be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to provide professional and engineering services for the final design inclusive of construction documents for a new Police Headquarters on Town-owned land on Hudson Road including the payment of all expenses incidental or related thereto?
Blanks       40       20         47        42        51         46      246
Yes     451     125      508      491      547      495   2,617
No     356     141      487      576      478      489   2,527
Totals     847     286   1,042  1,109   1,076   1,030   5,390
Ballot Question No. 2: Shall the Town of Sudbury be allowed to assess an additional $700,000 in real estate and  personal property taxes for the purpose of constructing traffic improvements to the Town  Center including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto for the fiscal year  beginning July first 2013? 
Blanks       27         9         31        29        36         36      168
Yes     445     142      548      544      581      531   2,791
No     375     135      463      536      459      463   2,431
Totals     847     286   1,042  1,109   1,076   1,030   5,390
               
SPECIAL STATE ELECTION
June 25, 2013
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
The Special State Election was held at two locations.  Precincts 1, 1A, 2 & 5 voted at the Fairbank Community Center, 40 Fairbank Road and Precincts 3 & 4 voted at the Town Hall, 322 Concord Road. The polls were open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. There were 5528 votes cast, representing 46% of the town's 12,047 registered voters. There was 1 contested race. 
Precinct         1  1A            2          3          4           5  Total 
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
BLANKS        -          -            -           -           -            -            -  
GABRIEL E. GOMEZ 59 Highland Ave., Cohasset     385     147      395      514      423      439   2,303
EDWARD J. MARKEY  7 Townsend St., Malden     462     143      669      614      680      611   3,179
RICHARD A. HEOS 31 Robinson Rd., Woburn         6         1           7          8          6           4         32
WRITE-INS         2         1           1          5          3           2         14
Totals     855     292   1,072  1,141   1,112   1,056   5,528