Jared Chadwick, Joseph Still and Marcus S. Gomes win Select Board seats

Election results show incumbent Jared Chadwick and Joseph Still won the two, three-year Select Board seats and Marcus S. Gomes won the one, two-year unexpired term.

Chadwick and Still defeated Mark Swan, receiving 685 and 673 of votes respectively compared to Swan’s 314.

Chadwick thanked everyone who voted for him and said it was an honor to be elected. 

"I will continue to serve you well, and for the people who didn't vote for me I would like to know what I can do over the next three years to change your mind," he said.

Still made history as the youngest member on the Select Board at 23-years-old. He said he wants to get right to work cleaning up the town and that he met a lot of people during his campaign. 

"I am here to serve the people and do the people's duty, and I think the polls reflect that, and I'm happy to get to work," he said.

Swan could not be immediately reached for comment.

Gomes defeated challengers Rick Coletti and Bob Powilatis with a total of 585 votes compared to Coletti’s 230 and Powilatis’ 186..

“I’m very proud to be able to do this and I’m more than ecstatic at the support I’ve gotten from the people in town,” Gomes said. 

In his early days on the Select Board, Gomes said he hopes to be a younger voice for the people of Wareham and get people outside to enjoy the town’s natural beauty.

“I’m all for more recreation in town and I’m also for more affordable housing,” he said. “It’s great for somebody my age to be in there right now and give younger people a voice.”

Powilatis congratulated Gomes on his win.

“Congratulations to the winner and good luck to Gomes,” Powilatis said.

Coletti could not be immediately reached for comment 

Town Clerk Lisa Johnson said the counts went smoothly and that there were no problems in the process. 

Several other town positions were also filled in unopposed races.

Roger Bonin is the newest School Committee member, filling the seat formerly held by Brenan McKiernan who chose not to run for reelection.

Margaret Ishihara was reelected as town moderator.

Carey Paster was elected to the sewer user sewer commission seat with 423 votes, defeating Scott Soby who got 295 votes.

One non sewer user commissioner seat for a one year unexpired term was running with no candidates. The write-in winner of the seat is still being tallied. 

David Halberstadt was reelected to the Board of Assessors.

Former Select Board member Jim Munise was elected to the housing authority.

According to Town Clerk Lisa Johnson, 1,034 voters came out on election day and there are 20,084 registered voters in town. This means about 5% of registered voters casted a ballot on Election Day.

Johnson also thanked all the poll workers who helped run the election.