Incumbents sweep contested Westport races

Many other races had only one candidate, and one had no candidates

By Ted Hayes
Posted 4/15/26

Westport voters sent incumbents back to the select board, board of health and school committee, and elected new select board and planning board members Tuesday.

Not including write-in and …

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Incumbents sweep contested Westport races

Many other races had only one candidate, and one had no candidates

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Westport voters sent incumbents back to the select board, board of health and school committee, and elected new select board and planning board members Tuesday.

Not including write-in and provisional ballots, unofficial election results released by the town clerk include:

Select board (two seats open)

Jake McGuigan was elected to a second term — his first full term, along with challenger Richard Mundy, an Air Force veteran and commercial pilot who takes former select board member Manuel Soares Jr.’s seat.

Candidate Keith Dias, a Westport business owner who lost to McGuigan last year, finished just out of the money.

• Jake McGuigan: 1,324 votes

• Richard Mundy: 886 votes

• Keith Dias: 755 votes

School committee

Incumbent Evan Gendreau was sent back for another term, defeating challenger Kyle Stang, a 2023 graduate of Diman in Fall River.

• Evan Gendreau: 1,082 votes

• Kyle Stang: 626 votes

Planning board

Engineer Jared Potteiger, a newcomer to town politics, defeated fellow newcomer Roswell Underwood, a realtor, for a five-year seat on the planning board.

• Jared Potteiger: 902 votes

• Roswell Underwood: 627 votes

Board of Health

Voters sent Donna Amaral, a career nurse, back to the board of health. She defeated Kerian Fennelly, the owner of Westport Sea Farms, in his first foray into local politics.

• Donna Amaral: 1,189 votes

• Kerian Fennelly: 471 votes

Uncontested races

• Assessor: Pauline Sylvia-Medeiros, 1,259 votes

• Constable (two positions): Arthur G. Caesar, 1,106 votes, and Joshua Caesar, 970 votes

• Fish commissioner: Sean Leach, 1,325 votes

• Housing authority (five year seat): Elizabeth Collins, 1,230 votes

• Housing authority (four year seat): Paul M. Stein, 1,169 votes

• Landing commissioner: Sean Leach, 1,277

• Library trustees (two positions); Paula A. Feitelberg, 1,185 votes, and Carolyn M. Fontes, 1,084 votes

• Regional School Committee: Paul Jennings, 1,212 votes

• Town clerk: Kristin Stinson, 1,361 votes

• Commissioner of trust funds: There were no official candidates for this position, but 155 write-in ballots were cast.

 

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