Melrose 2021 Election Results: McAndrew, Cinella Top Ballots

Melrose MA

03 November, 2021

9:46 AM

Description

MELROSE, MA — Jen McAndrew and Chris Cinella received the most votes in the city after chairing the School Committee and steering the City Council, respectively, through a lingering pandemic, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's election. McAndrew received 2,395 votes to pace all candidates, an impressive showing but representative of the low turnout compared to the last couple of years. School Committee member Margaret Driscoll led the 2019 election with 6,225 votes on a ballot that also had a mayoral race and six competitive City Council races. Tuesday's unofficial total saw 3,344 ballots cast, while 2019 had 10,175. The 2020 election, which featured the presidential race, drew 18,336 voters. Even in 2017, McAndrew's city-leading vote total was 3,686. Tuesday had only one contested race: Four candidates for three School Committee seats. Read more about the election here. Political newcomer Dorie Withey finished second in the race with 2,317 votes, while incumbent Jen Razi-Thomas got 2,294 votes to get the third and final spot. John Connelly finished fourth, getting 1,184 in his first time on the ballot. Cinella, the City Council president during a year that was almost completely remote once again, led the at-large race with 2,350 votes. Jack Eccles had 2,278 votes, Maya Jamaleddine had 2,261 and Leila Migliorelli had 2,239. You can see the full unofficial results below: Manjula Karamcheti 1-1: 3001-2: 197 Total:497 John Obremski2-1: 2232-2: 171 Total: 394 Robb Stewart3-1: 1733-2: 183 Total: 356 Mark Garipay4-1: 1864-2: 309 Total: 495 Shawn MacMaster5-1 : 1685-2: 151 Total: 319 Jen Grigoraitis6-1: 1596-2: 190 Total: 349 Ryan Williams7-1: 1277-2: 193 Total: 320 AT-LARGE Chris Cinella 1-1: 2521-2: 1732-1: 2202-2: 1583-1: 1563-2: 1594-1: 1484-2: 2455-1: 1385-2: 1336-1: 1316-2: 1597-1: 1137-2: 165Total: 2,350 Jack Eccles 1-1: 2501-2: 1722-1: 1682-2: 1513-1: 1643-2: 1634-1: 1724-2: 2215-1: 1335-2: 1296-1: 1326-2: 1537-1: 1127-2: 157Total: 2,278 Maya Jamaleddine 1-1: 2661-2: 1792-1: 1672-2: 1433-1: 1673-2: 1674-1: 1644-2: 2095-1: 1335-2: 1256-1: 1386-2: 1447-1: 1037-2: 156Total: 2,261 Leila Migliorelli 1-1: 2461-2: 1762-1: 1732-2: 1443-1: 1723-2: 1564-1: 1584-2: 2215-1: 1255-2: 1206-1: 1376-2: 1517-1: 1127-2: 148Total: 2,239 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Jen McAndrew 1-1: 2831-2: 1802-1: 1752-2: 1553-1: 1833-2: 1674-1: 1694-2: 2235-1: 1285-2: 1346-1: 1486-2: 1677-1: 1127-2: 171Total: 2,395 Dorie Withey 1-1: 2611-2: 1792-1: 1972-2: 1223-1: 1793-2: 1494-1: 1634-2: 2245-1: 1335-2: 1176-1: 1386-2: 1587-1: 1187-2: 179Total: 2,317 Jen Razi-Thomas 1-1: 2621-2: 1742-1: 1672-2: 1453-1: 1773-2: 1594-1: 1564-2: 2215-1: 1235-2: 1216-1: 1456-2: 1627-1: 1167-2: 166Total: 2,294 John Connelly 1-1: 1001-2: 752-1: 1212-2: 913-1: 563-2: 814-1: 664-2: 1585-1: 745-2: 716-1: 586-2: 1027-1: 497-2: 82Total: 1,184 Mike Carraggi can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @PatchCarraggi and Instagram at Melrose Happening. Subscribe to Melrose Patch for free local news and alerts and like us on Facebook.