Challengers Defeat Incumbents

Glenn Kessler, Ted Delano and Deborah Shelkan Remis all won election in their respective elections today.

Kessler defeated incumbent Matt Strauss, 1,058 to 981, to win a seat on the Board of Selectmen.

Ted Delano defeated Jackie Kinney, 1246-768, to win a seat on the School Committee.

Deborah Shelkan Remis defeated incumbent Nelson Kessler and challenger Olaf Faeskorn, 787-646-526.

Town Clerk Susan Duplin said voter turnout was 21 percent or three percentage points higher than last year's turnout in the town election.

Patch will have complete coverage with candidate comments and precinct breakdown first thing in the morning.

As of late in the afternoon at least three of the town's six precincts were seeing a steady stream of voters, putting the precincts on a pace with last year's turnout.

About 18 percent of Swampscott's registered voters cast ballots in the town election in 2011.

At 3:30 pm, at, home to Precincts 3 and 4, Kay Grasso consulted her election book and said 246 votes were cast in her precinct.

She estimated that when all was said and done the turnout would be at or beyond the turnout from 2010, when 388 votes were cast, and from 2011, when 395 votes were cast.

Today at the at 5 pm at Precincts 1 and 2 wardens Sherman Freedman and Kathie Kieser said the turnout was on a par with the turnout a year ago.

Sherman estimated his precinct would see about 10 more votes than last year.

He made that estimate based on a comparison of activity in the first three hours in 2011 and 2012.

OFFICE

ADDRESS

TERM

MODERATOR

Joseph Markarian, Jr

22 Nason Rd

2012

BOARD OF SELECTMEN

Matthew W. Strauss, Chair

15 Duke Street

2012

Glenn Kessler

29 Puritan Ln

BOARD OF ASSESSORS

Linda L. Paster-Chair

14 Pine Hill Rd

2012

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Jacqueline Kinney

64 Fuller Avenue

2012

Francis E Delano III

110 Eastman Ave

TRUSTEE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

John Karwowski

2 Prospect Ave

2012

BOARD OF HEALTH

Nelson Kessler

1002 Paradise Rd 3QS

2012

Olaf Faeskorn

26 Curry Cir

Deborah Shelkan Remis

41 Bellevue Rd

PLANNING BOARD

Angela Ippolito

366 Puritan Road

2012

Voting took place between 7 am and 8 pm

Precinct 1              Swampscott Senior Center                200 Rear Essex Street       

Precinct 2              Swampscott Senior Center                200 Rear Essex Street        

Precinct 3              First Church Congregational     40 Monument Avenue        

Precinct 4              First Church Congregational     40 Monument Avenue        

Precinct 5              Swampscott Middle School                207 Forest Avenue        

Precinct 6              Swampscott Middle School                207 Forest Avenue

To choose a Moderator for one (1) year

To choose a member for the Board of Selectmen for three (3) years

To choose a member for the Board of Assessors for three (3) years

To choose a member for the School Committee for three (3) years

To choose a member for the Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years

To choose a member for the Board of Health for three (3) years

To choose a member for the Planning Board for five (5) years

To choose eighteen (18) Town Meeting Members in each of the six (6) precincts for three (3) years.

To choose eighteen (18) Town Meeting Members in each of the six (6) precincts for two (2) years.

To choose eighteen (18) Town Meeting Members in each of the six (6) precincts for one (1) year.