Communities across Maine voted Tuesday on school budgets. Some also elected local office holders or decided on new ordinances or spending projects.
Here are results of school budget votes and contested elections in southern and midcoast Maine. Results of school budget votes in multi-town school districts are listed at the bottom.
Arundel:
Board of Selectmen – two seats
Daniel Dubois (i) 216 votes
Philip Labbe (i) 220 votes
Rodney Sparkowich 59 votes
Biddeford:
School budget
Yes 83 percent (206 votes)
No 17 percent (43 votes)
Brunswick:
School budget
Yes 73 percent (730 votes)
No 27 percent (270 votes)
Cape Elizabeth
School budget
Yes 67 percent (294 votes)
No 33 percent (145 votes)
Cumberland
Town Council
Mark Segrist 68 percent (1,356 votes)
George Turner 32 percent (634 votes)
School Board MSAD 51 (two seats)
Hannah Barry 21 percent (784 votes)
Adam Dougherty 13 percent (498 votes)
Ann Maksymowicz 24 percent (915 votes)
Jason Record 22 percent (822 votes)
Vijayarani Suresh 20 percent (777 votes)
Falmouth
School budget
Yes 78.8 percent (1,185 votes)
No 21.2 percent (318 votes)
Town Council (two seats)
Hope Cahan 40.8 percent (1,106 votes)
Amy Kuhn 44.4 percent (1,201 votes)
John Winslow 14.8 percent (401 votes)
School Board (two seats)
Nicole Plette Bezanson 791 votes
Whitney Bruce 748 votes
Laura Farraher 459 votes
Anne Rutherford 397 votes
William Walker 359 votes
Gorham
School budget
Yes 67 percent (439 votes)
No 33 percent (215 votes)
Hollis
Adult-use marijuana businesses
Yes 65 percent (303 votes)
No 35 percent (163 votes)
Kennebunk
Select Board (three seats)
Wayne Berrry (i) 599 votes
Shiloh Schulte (i) 871 votes
John Costin 652 votes
Anthony Michaud 297 votes
Kortney Nedeau 1,024 votes
Gwen Page 400 votes
Lisa Joy Pratt 770 votes
Kyle Roberts 566 votes
Select Board (two-year term)
Sally Carpenter 61.1 percent (1,047 votes)
Thomas Wellman 38.9 percent (667 votes)
RSU 21 Board of Directors
Joshua Barstow 796 votes
Amanda Downing 1,098 votes
Alison Riggieri 585 votes
Peter Sentner 1,027 votes
Kennebunkport:
RSU 21 board
James McMann
Megan Michaud (uncontested) 735 votes
Kittery
School budget
Yes 84 percent (1,029 votes)
No 16 percent (199 votes)
Town Council, seat expires Nov. 2023
Cameron Hamm 65 percent (771 votes)
Joshua Seymour 35 percent (418 votes)
Town Council, seat expires Nov. 2022
Robert Gray 219 votes
Colin McGuire 130 votes
Thomas Orlando 205 votes
Mary Gibbons Stevens 675 votes
New Gloucester
Board of Selectmen (two seats)
Karen Gilles 431 votes
Paul Larrivee Jr. 629 votes
Stephen Hathorne 492 votes
Board of Selectmen (one seat)
Linda Chase 249 votes
Scott Doyle 261 votes
Brian Shedlarski 129 votes
Dustin Ward 308 votes
School Board
Jason Hart 467 votes
Deborah Lang 320 votes
Charter Commission (six seats)
Michael Arata 456 votes
Peter Bragdon 535 votes
Lucinda Brakey 423 votes
Daniel Ellingson 387 votes
Karen Farrell 393 votes
Stephen Hathorne 543 votes
Penelope Hilton 473 votes
Michael Lang 114 votes
Kathleen Potter 154 votes
John Salisbury 465 votes
Benjamin Tettlebaum 435 votes
Cleo Werner 351 votes
North Yarmouth
Town Council
Steven Berry 47 percent (470 votes)
Paul Hodgetts 53 percent (526 votes)
School Board MSAD 51
Vanessa Bryant 47 percent (405 votes)
Thomas McGuinness 53 percent (461 votes)
Ogunquit
Wells-Ogunquit school board
Aneliya Georgieva-Petrov 28 percent (96 votes)
Michele Tourangeau 72 percent (285 votes)
Old Orchard Beach
School budget
Yes 72 percent (138 votes)
No 28 percent (54 votes)
Portland
School budget
Yes 77 percent (6,698 votes)
No 23 percent (1,992 votes)
Precincts reporting: 12 of 12
Charter Commission District 1 (one seat)
*Twain Braden
David Cowle 14.5 percent (245 votes)
Karen Snyder 19.7 percent (333 votes)
Shamika (Shay) Stewart-Bouley 64.9 percent (1,096 votes)
* withdrew
Precincts reporting: 4 of 4
Charter Commission District 2
*Emma (Em) Burnett
Robert O’Brien (uncontested)
* withdrew
Charter Commission District 3
Zachary Barowitz 51.2 percent (1.010)
Brian Batson 37 percent (731)
Charles Bryon 11.8 percent (233)
Precincts reporting: 3 of 3
Charter Commission District 4
Marcques Houston 51.2 percent (979 votes)
Cheryl Leeman 48.8 percent (933 votes)
Precincts reporting: 3 of 3
Charter Commission District 5
Mony Hang 46 percent (763 votes)
Ryan Lizanecz 54 percent (899 votes)
Precincts reporting: 3 of 3
Charter Commission At-Large (four seats)
Note: Winners (in bold) were chosen by ranked-choice instant runoffs. Candidates with the least votes were eliminated one by one and their votes redistributed until one candidate exceeded 50 percent and was declared a winner. That process was repeated with the remaining candidates until three more candidates exceeded 50 percent of the remaining votes. The numbers below represent each candidate’s vote totals after the first choice ballots were counted.
William Bailey 4.8 percent (414)
Catherine Buxton 11.2 percent (970)
Marpheen Chann 17 percent (1,478)
Lawson Condrey 2 percent (174)
Steven DiMillo 21.1 percent (1,837)
Anthony Emerson 2.5 percent (214)
Benjamin Grant 12.4 percent (1,082)
Ian Houseal 2.4 percent (205)
*Hope Rovelto
Nasreen Sheikh-Yousef 22.4 percent (1,947)
Patricia Washburn 4.2 percent (367)
*withdrawn
Precincts reporting: 12 of 12
Pownal
Select Board
Angela Clark 25 percent (48 votes)
Jonathan Morris 75 percent (141 votes)
Raymond
Board of Selectmen (one seat)
Joseph Bruno 204 votes
Dana DesJardins 34 votes
Abigail Geer 171 votes
Saco:
School budget
Yes 63 percent (257 votes)
No 37 percent (92 votes)
Sanford:
School budget
Yes 70 percent (407 votes)
No 30 percent (177 votes)
South Berwick:
Allow and regulate adult-use marijuana stores
Yes 10 percent (124 votes)
No 90 percent (1,127 votes)
Allow and regulate adult-use marijuana cultivation
Yes 10 percent (124 votes)
No 90 percent (1,134 votes)
South Portland
School budget
Yes 77 percent (352 votes)
No 23 percent (105 votes)
Westbrook
School budget
Yes 79 percent (312 votes)
No 21 percent (83 votes)
Yarmouth
School budget
Yes 72 percent (1,246 votes)
No 28 percent (489 votes)
Town Council (two seats)
Heather Abbott (1,016 votes)
David Craig (1,016 votes)
Christopher Kam (904 votes)
Multi-town districts school budgets
RSU 1
Arrowsic
Yes 28 votes
No 0 votes
Bath
Yes 81 votes
No 21 votes
Phippsburg
Yes 191 votes
No 34 votes
Woolwich
Yes 17 votes
No 14 votes
Total
Yes 317 votes
No 69 votes
RSU 5
Durham
Yes 46 percent (74 votes)
No 54 percent (88 votes)
Freeport
Yes 75 percent (348 votes)
No 25 percent (116 votes)
Pownal
Yes 62 percent (114 votes)
No 38 percent (71 votes)
Total
Yes 66 percent (536 votes)
No 34 percent (275 votes)
RSU 14
Raymond
Yes 66 percent (247 votes)
No 34 percent (126 votes)
Windham
Yes 67 percent (175 votes)
No 33 percent (85 votes)
Total
Yes 60 percent (422 votes)
No 40 percent (211 votes)
RSU 21
Arundel
Yes 76 percent (211 votes)
No 24 percent (66 votes)
Kennebunk
Yes 68 percent (1,424 votes)
No 32 percent (657 votes)
Kennebunkport
Yes 72 percent (852 votes)
No 28 percent (332 votes)
Total
Yes 70 percent (2,487 votes)
No 30 percent (1,055 votes)
SAD 6
Buxton
Yes 203 votes
No 93 votes
Standish
Yes 597 votes
No 274 votes
Hollis
Yes 337 votes
No 110 votes
Limington
Yes 102 votes
No 66 votes
Frye Island
Yes 0 votes
No 4 votes
Total
Yes 69 percent (1,239 votes)
No 31 percent (547 votes)
SAD 15
Gray
Yes 304 votes
No 145 votes
New Gloucester
Yes 672 votes
No 302 votes
Total
Yes 976 votes
No 447 votes
SAD 35
Eliot
Yes 484 votes
No 194 votes
South Berwick
Yes 890 votes
No 275 votes
Total
Yes 1374 votes
No 469 votes
SAD 51
Cumberland
Yes 63.6 percent (1,271 votes)
No 36.4 percent (727 votes)
North Yarmouth
Yes 58.9 percent (573 votes)
No 41.1 percent (400 votes
Total
Yes 62.1 percent (1,844 votes)
No 37.9 percent (1,127 votes)
SAD 75
Bowdoin
Yes
No
Bowdoinham
Yes 225 votes
No 88 votes
Harpswell
Yes 229 votes
No 27 votes
Topsham
Yes 199 votes
No 77 votes
Total
Yes
No
Wells-Ogunquit school district
Ogunquit
Yes 88 percent (357 votes)
No 12 percent (50 votes)
Wells
Yes 81 percent (713 votes)
No 19 percent (164 votes)
Total
Yes 83 percent (1,070 votes)
No 17 percent (214 votes)
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