MANCHESTER, NH — Mayor Joyce Craig has won a decisive victory over her opponent Victoria Sullivan in Tuesday’s mayoral race.
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Ward totals were still being tallied as of 8:15 p.m., but according to Craig’s campaign, the mayor won 11 of 12 wards with the largest percentage of victory since Ted Gatsas beat Chris Herbert in 2011.
“I’m honored and humbled to have been elected to serve a second term as Mayor of Manchester – the best job in the world! In less than two years, we’ve made tremendous progress and I look forward to continuing to work together to build a stronger Manchester,” Craig said.
In other citywide races, both At-Large Aldermen Joe Levasseur and Dan O’Neil retained their seats; Jim O’Connell and Joseph Lachance won seats as School Board At-Large members.
Three ballot questions all passed, one allowing aldermen to amend the city charter to adjust ward lines based on population, one to allow sportsbook betting and one non-binding question to allow high school students to have a non-voting seat on the school board.
See full ward-by-ward results tabulated below.
Unofficial Results: City-wide Offices
(Winners in bold with asterisks. Tallies do not include hand count or write-in ballots. Final tallies will be verified by the Secretary of State and we will update as soon as that information is available.).
Mayor
*Joyce Craig: 11,003 (57%)
Victoria Sullivan: 8,436 (43%)
Alderman At-Large
Kate Desrochers: 8,484
*Joe Levasseur: 9,252
*Dan O’Neil: 8,615
Will Infantine: 5,059
School Committee At-Large
*Jim O’Connell: 7,653
Lara Quiroga: 6,118
*Joseph Lachance: 7,335
Gene Martin: 5,261
School Charter Commission:
Amy Allen: 3,962
Robert “Benge” Ambrogi: 1,559
Sarah Ambrogi: 3,750
*Tim Baines: 5,674
Amy Bradley: 2,108
Joede Brown: 612
*John Clayton: 6,447
*Lou D’Allesandro: 7,138
Ben Dion: 1,760
Lisa Freeman: 3,499
*Mary Freitas: 4,211
Jim Gaudet: 2,300
Carla Gericke: 1,902
Gary Hamer: 1,959
Jon Claude Hopwood: 1,405
Will Infantine: 5,585
Albert Jernigan: 975
Amber Jodoin: 2,636
Ann Kalasky: 1,936
Joseph Lachance: 5,663
*Jimmy Lehoux: 4,479
Pat Long: 4,189
*Mike Lopez: 4,741
Susan C. Lord: 2,307
Shannon Moloney: 1,979
Candace Moulton: 2,096
Glenn RJ Ouellette: 2,370
Matthew Ping: 1,085
Andre Rosa: 1,587
William Roy: 2,588
Shane Rozamus: 1,189
Karen Soule: 2,158
Kathleen Sullivan: 6,671
Ross Terrio: 2,879
Linda Garrish Thomas: 1,746
Glenn Turgeon: 1,811
Leslie Want: 3,962
Ward Results
Ward 1
Alderman
*Kevin Cavanaugh: 1,923
Jeff Nylan: 642
School Committee
Amber Jodoin: 935
*James Porter: 1,334
Moderator
*Sharyn Kelley: 1,941
Ward Clerk
*Darleen Dumont Wilkins: 1,840
Selectman
*Aaron Losier: 1,319
*Jim Townsend: 1,488
*Judy DiBurro Vitale: 1,281
Ward 2
Alderman
Tyler Chase: 362
*Will Stewart: 1,520
School Committee
*Kathleen Kelley Arnold: 962
Sean Parr: 784
Moderator
*Nicholl Marshall: 1,357
Ward Clerk
No candidate
Selectman
*Dennis Walsh: 795
*Elena Whitfield: 787
*Win Hutchinson: 796
Adeel Tahir: 720
Ward 3
Alderman
*Pat Long: 671
Daniel Heck: 231
School Committee
Mary Ngwanda Georges: 401
*Karen Soule: 433
Moderator
Roger Ford: 251
*Amy McCall: 489
Ward Clerk
*Karen Soule: 727
Selectman
*Holly Bene: 433
*Mary Ngwanda Georges: 589
*Glenn RJ Ouellette: 427
Ward 4
Alderman
Chris Herbert: 552
*Jim Roy: 561
School Committee
Mark J. Flanders: 499
*Leslie Want: 596
Moderator
Sudi Lett: 351
*Stephen Mathieu: 618
Ward Clerk
Jean Marie Mathieu: 685
Inbal Rejwan-Day: 275
Selectman
Amy Bradley: 777
Thierry Lakutu: 319
Ward 5
Alderman
Marcus Ponce de Leon: 259
*Tony Sapienza: 487
School Committee
*Jeremy Dobson: 389
Lisa Freeman: 375
Moderator
*Paul Crawford: 592
Ward Clerk
*Ed Staub: 573
Selectman
*Patricia Dwyer: 517
*Brandon Stapleton: 357
Ward 6
Alderman
Gerry Gibson: 642
*Elizabeth Moreau: 1,175
School Committee
*Dan Bergeron: 1,020
Jon DiPietro: 830
Moderator
*Louise Gosselin: 1,089
Alex Wied: 353
Ward Clerk
*Karen Ladd: 1,445
Selectman
*Susan Lord: 1,012
*Mary McDermott: 954
*Roger Gosselin: 828
Albert Jernigan:587
Ward 7
Alderman
Brenda Noiseux: 635
*Ross Terrio: 704
School Committee
Christopher Potter: 634
*William Shea: 670
Moderator
*William Cote: 1,041
Ward Clerk
*Michael Reuschel: 993
Selectman
*Mary Freitas: 914
Claire Roy: 702
Nathan Zwillich:556
Ward 8
Alderman
Michael Farley: 876
*Michael Porter: 1,051
School Committee
Jimmy Lehoux: 903
*Peter Perich: 1,144
Moderator
*Bruce Hardy: 847
John Rist: 773
Ward Clerk
*James R. Gaudet: 1,569
Selectman
*Angel Brisson: 1,128
*Macy McNair: 935
Ward 9
Alderman
Daniel Leclerc: 719
*Barbara Shaw: 838
School Committee
*Arthur Beaudry: 872
Candace Moulton: 653
Moderator
*Gloria Pilotte: 1,300
Ward Clerk
*Brian McCoy: 1,229
Selectman
Jeremy Paris: 388
*Maurice Pilotte: 662
Michael Ricker: 352
*Joan Sullivan Flurey: 690
*Kate Marquis: 538
Jane McCoy: 439
Ward 10
Alderman
*Bill Barry: 838
Ray Hebert: 694
School Committee
John Avard: 636
*Jane Beaulieu: 796
Moderator:
Christopher Messier: 1,177
Ward Clerk
*Heidi Hamer: 1,083
Merav Yaakov: 229
Selectman
Gary Hamer: 861
Jane LaPerle: 818
Donna McQuade: 858
Ward 11
Alderman
*Normand Gamache: 466
Russ Ouellette: 440
School Committee
*Nicole Leapley: 505
Brittany Leclear-Ping: 351
Moderator
*Lucille Forest: 569
Chip Spangler:
Ward Clerk
*Lisa Ouellette: 521
Chloe Sowers:
Selectman
Allisandra Murray: 316
Matthew Ping: 291
Brennan Robinson: 201
*Pauline Cecile Blanchette: 366
*Lorraine Charron: 389
*Pauline Janelle: 381
Ward 12
Alderman
Hassan Essa: 702
*Keith Hirschmann: 757
School Committee
*Kelly Thomas: 720
Andrew Toland: 607
Moderator
*Verna Perry-Bellaveau: 1,087
Ward Clerk:
*Constance Roy-Czyzowski: 1,034
Selectman
*Christine Ordzie: 521
Michael O’Rourke: 456
Patrick Sweeney: 484
*Roger Beauchamp: 490
Frank Coyne: 245
*Carlos Gonzalez: 695
Ballot Questions:
Do you favor a charter amendment?
Yes: 11,265
No: 6,116
Do you favor sports betting?
Yes: 9,549
No: 8,348
Allow high school students a non-voting seat on the school board.
Yes: 13,578
No: 4,702