Selectmen Races

2020

March 5, 2020

Selectmen's Races Shape Up for Annual Town Elections

Aaron Wilson
Selectmen Races
The annual town election season on the Vineyard is shaping up to be an active one this year.
January 30, 2020

Young Candidates Step Up for Selectman Races

Noah Asimow
Selectmen Races
Elections
Edgartown select board
Oak Bluffs select board
Tisbury select board
There are 20 Island selectmen, the vast majority of them over 60. But with the deadline still a month away for filing nomination papers, three young candidates have already declared that they will be running.

2018

April 5, 2018

Experience Vs. New Direction in Edgartown Selectman's Race

Sara Brown
Edgartown select board
Elections
Selectmen Races
An incumbent running on his 24-year record of service to the town will face off against a political newcomer promising change in a two-way selectmen race at next week’s Edgartown election.
March 8, 2018

Election Season Begins with a Retirement

Sara Brown
Elections
Selectmen Races
Town meetings

On April 10, Edgartown moderator Philip J. Norton Jr. will hold the gavel for the last time at the annual town meeting, 43 years after he was first elected.

2014

May 14, 2014

Tisbury Narrowly Passes Budget Override, Elects New Town Clerk

Ivy Ashe
Elections
Selectmen Races
Town clerks
Tisbury select board

Tisbury voters narrowly approved their first general budget override in more than two decades at the annual town election Tuesday.

The ballot question passed by just 21 votes, with 367 voters in favor of the override, and 349 against.

March 13, 2014

As Elections Approach Contested Races Are Sparse

Sara Brown
Elections
Selectmen Races
For the second year in a row, at least three Island towns are facing an election season without a single contested race. Ballots are set for Chilmark, Edgartown and West Tisbury without any candidates facing opposition — in fact, some positions are lacking any candidates at all.