
There will be one new face on the City Council, one on the School Committee and two on the Board of Library Trustees after Tuesday’s Watertown Municipal Election.
Watertown voters re-electedJohn Gannon with 3,418 votes, Tony Palomba (3,389), and Caroline Bays (3,030) in the race for Councilor At-Large, and first-time candidate Theo Offei (2,999) won a seat. Former Auditor Tom Tracy also challenged for a seat and got 2,232 votes.
Vincent Piccirilli won another term with 1,042 votes for District C City Councilor. He defeated challenger Andres Guzman (307).
In the School Committee race, Jessica Middlebrook with 3,163 votes and Amy Donohue (2,916) won their re-election bids, and newcomer Sheila Krishnan (2,991) won a seat on the board. Challenger Joe Ganno (1,570) and former School Committee member David Stokes (1,465) and also vied for a seat.
Incumbent Leanne Hammonds received the most votes in the Library Trustees race with 3,547. Pia Owens (3,104) and Xin Peng (2,894) also won seats on the board. Fowler Brown (1,287) competed for a seat for the first time.
The results are unofficial and were reported by the voting machine counts at the 12 precincts. The City Clerk must still submit the results to be certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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