30-07-2025
Imagine running for mayor for the first time ‒ and you're unopposed
Acting Weymouth Mayor Michael Molisse will run unopposed for his first full term as mayor.
Virtually the only way Molisse wouldn't become mayor is a wildly successful write-in campaign on election day.
Nomination papers for the Nov. 4 town election were due back to the town clerk by Tuesday, July 29. The town will not need to hold a primary election.
Molisse, the town council president, took over as acting mayor with Robert Hedlund's July 15 resignation. Hedlund announced his resignation June 17, citing family and health concerns. Those wishing to run for mayor then had six weeks ‒ until July 29 ‒ to return nomination papers.
There are five open seats for councilors at large. Incumbents Christopher Heffernan, Fred Happel and Richard Coughlin will seek reelection, and Stephen Shinney, Andrew Donovan, Alyson Dossett and James Melody have also thrown their hats in the ring. Molisse and Greg Shanahan will not seek reelection.
District 1 incumbent Pascale Burga will face challenger Kathleen Kelly. In District two, former mayoral candidate Edward Cowen will face Rebecca Sherlock-Shangraw, a current school committee member who is not seeking reelection. Incumbent Maureen Kiely is not running for the seat.
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The school committee has three open seats, with none of the incumbents with expiring terms – Sherlock-Shangraw, Kathy Curran, and Dana Scott – running for reelection. The six candidates who have submitted nomination papers are Ashley Dickerman, Joseph Bronske, Cynthia Lyons, Allegra Marrone, Kelly McClean and Peter Krawciw.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Weymouth election: Who is on the November ballot?
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