Selectman Brad Morse won the race for re-election to the Rochester Board of Selectmen on April 13, beating his opponent Michael Murphy, a former selectman and current member of the Planning Board.
“I’d like to thank the voters for supporting me for another term as a selectman,” said Morse Wednesday night. “As a whole, I’m happy with this election.”
Morse beat Murphy by 86 votes, gaining 246 to Murphy’s 160. There were two write-ins and six blank ballots, meaning a total of 416 registered voters turned out to the Rochester Senior Center for the Annual Town Election – about 11% of the town’s roughly 3,750 registered voters.
The Board of Selectmen race was the only one contested. All other candidates ran unopposed and the results are as follows:
- Board of Assessors (one seat, three years) Diana Sherman Knapp 318
- Highway Surveyor (one seat, three years) Jeffery Eldridge 330
- Board of Health (one seat, three years) Glenn Lawrence 340
- Cemetery Commission (one seat, three years) Lori Souza 329
- Water Commission (one seat, three years) Richard Charon 313
- Constable (two seats, three years) David Hughes 305; Lorne D. Estabrook 277
- Park Commission (one seat, three years) David Hughes 315
- Library Trustee (two seats, three years) Dennis Desrosiers 308; Winston Sharples 299
- Planning Board (two seats, five years) Lee Carr 309; Gary Florindo 314
- Rochester School Committee (one seat, three years) Sharon Hartley 296
- ORR School Committee (one seat, two years) Cary Humphrey 307
By Jean Perry