Who is Actually Running in Gardner MA City Election?
There will be a preliminary election on October 10th (to coincide with Senate primary) and a regular election on November 7, 2023. There are 3 candidates for 1 Mayoral position, 10 candidates for Councilors at Large, Ward 1 has 2 current candidates, Ward 3 has 2 current candidates, and Ward 4 has 2 current candidates. Ward 2 and Ward 5 Councilors run unopposed. There are 7 candidates for 3 School Committee seats.
View details on this Communication received from the City Clerk’s office, CLICK HERE.
August 15th was the deadline to submit nomination papers to the City Clerk.
UPDATE 8-18-23 – A question has come up whether Paul Tassone can be considered an incumbent as he was elected by the City Council to fill a vacancy, but was not elected by the voters. City Clerk says “I” can’t be used. As we’re not lawyers here, we’ll provide you with the MA State Law on the subject, CLICK HERE. What is true is Paul Tassone has been serving as Ward 3 Councilor since February and is running to retain the position. FYI: State Law reads “candidates for re-election to any such office of which they are the elected incumbents or the incumbents chosen by vote of the board of aldermen or city council in a city.”