The November election includes races for the following city offices: mayor, 16 at-large councilors, 8 ward councilors, and 8 school committee members.
Application deadline for mail-in voting is Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Early voting is available at City Hall from Monday, October 25 through Saturday, October 30
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To help voters learn more about the candidates in the upcoming election, LWVN invited all candidates to submit answers to 3 questions and compiled their answers into our
All candidates were asked to answer the following two questions:
The third question varied by office, as follows:
Find the answers in the 2021 Voters Guide!
This year, the League will once again create an online Voters Guide and host Candidate Forums for the municipal election for Mayor, City Councilors, and School Committee members on November 2, 2021.
The LWVN Voters Guide and Candidate Forums are neutral forums where we invite all candidates to provide answers to the public, as part of our mission to encourage informed and active participation in government. The League of Women Voters is nonpartisan: this means we neither support nor oppose candidates or political parties at any level of government. We do advocate for issues we have studied and taken positions on, but we do not support or oppose candidates.
Help us formulate questions to cover a wide variety of topics in our Voters Guide and to use in our Candidate Forums! Please submit your question(s) for any of the groups of candidates — for Mayor, City Councilor, or School Committee. You may submit this form as many times as needed to ask multiple questions of different candidate groups.
To help voters learn more about the candidates for mayor in the preliminary election on September 14, the LWVN invited all the candidates to submit a brief biographical statement and answers to the three questions below. Submissions were strictly limited to 300 characters (bio), and 650 characters (answers).
- Q1: How would you balance the commercial need for stronger village centers with the concerns voiced by some residents for increased density, and how would you accomplish that?
- Q2: What is your vision for the Newton Police Department and how would/does your budget support your vision?
- Q3: What policies would you put in place to reduce residential and city solid waste and carbon emissions?
Click each candidate’s name below to read their answers.
For more information on the preliminary election for Mayor, visit the Newton Elections Department.
Albert Cecchinelli |
Ruthanne Fuller |
Amy Sangiolo |
Three candidates are running for the position of Mayor. A preliminary election will be held on Tuesday, September 14 to narrow the selection of candidates to two for the general election in November.
The three candidates for Mayor include:
Registration deadline for the preliminary election is Wednesday, August 25, 2021.
Read below for more information about how to plan your vote.