Education, affordable housing, environment, public safety, senior services, the local economy, celebrating the diverse culture and history of our town — these issues and more are all impacted by local elections.
Lexington’s elections will take place on March 5, with early voting beginning Feb. 24. You can find more information on the Town’s website, here. Don’t know your precinct number? Check here.
LexObserver has created this guide to help voters get to know the issues and the candidates so you can make informed decisions on election day. You can also check out our letters to the editor section, a robust forum for perspectives on the election.
Click on the posts below to learn more about the candidates. And don’t forget to vote!
Town-wide offices
The Select Board candidates
Meet the candidates for Lexington’s Select Board, Jill Hai and Cindy Arens.
The School Committee candidates
Sitting members Deepika Sawhney and Kathleen Lenihan are running for re-election as their terms come to an end, and Johan Lindborg is running as a challenger.
The Planning Board candidates
Melanie Thompson and Michael Schanbacher’s terms are up, and the two are running for re-election, while Lin Jensen and Tina McBride are running as challengers.
uncontested positions
Meet Moderator candidate Deborah Brown
Brown, who has held the position for 15 years, says her job is to “maintain order, to make sure that people feel comfortable participating, and remind people when they start to stray outside the lines of our rules of decorum.”
Meet Lexington Housing Authority candidate Melinda Walker
Walker, the incumbent, says demand for affordable housing in Lexington is so high the authority’s waitlist for single-family homes is currently seven to 10 years.
