Meet the candidates for Select Board: Vineeta Kumar, Dawn McKenna, Patrick Mehr and Joe Pato.

Dawn McKenna, Lexington, MA
Dawn McKenna
Vineeta Kumar, 2025 candidate for Select Board in Lexington, MA
Vineeta Kumar
Joe Pato, 2025 candidate for Select Board in Lexington, MA
Joe Pato
Patrick Mehr, 2025 candidate for Select Board in Lexington, MA
Patrick Mehr

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Lexington’s five-member Select Board works collectively to set goals and create policy for the Town. The Select Board hires and supervises the Town Manager, who is responsible for executing those policies. The Board is also the road commissioner and licensing authority. 

Select Board members are elected for three-year terms. Board members Joe Pato and Suzanne Barry’s terms are up, but only Pato is running for re-election. He and three challengers — Vineeta Kumar, Patrick Mehr, and Dawn McKenna — are running for the two open seats.  

LexObserver sat down with each candidate to hear about their background, experience, and the issues that matter most to them and to all Lexington residents.

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4 Comments

  2. Great profiles, well focused on the issues most salient in this year’s town election. Thank you Maggie Scales and LexObserver!

  3. I had must made mental note to research the candidates, and then I found this series. Thank you, LexObserver!

  4. Pingback: Preliminary results of Lexington’s 2025 town election - The Lexington Observer
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