CAAL PAC was founded with the mission to encourage civic engagement and political participation from the Lexington Chinese community. Towards that goal, it has been , running a Candidate Forum during the town election season for many years—along with CAAL’s Civic Engagement Committee. CAAL PAC also has a tradition to endorse candidates.

This year, the forum was held on February 9, 2024 via an online webinar and more than 70 people (not counting panelists) attended. Candidates from all three major town boards attended and answered questions from our community and the PAC.

After the forum, the PAC held a discussion session to deliberate who to endorse and voted to endorse the following candidates:

Select Board: Vineeta Kumar, Joe Pato

School Committee (three-year term): Larry Freeman, Eileen Jay

School Committee (two-year term): Sarah Carter

Planning Board: Tom Shiple

We are lucky to have volunteers in these candidates who are willing to serve the town. We appreciate their efforts and wish all the candidates the best of luck! 

CAAL PAC

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