Springfield election signals change with tight races

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield’s election on Nov. 4 marked the highest voter turnout in years for an election without statewide races or a mayoral race and was marked by many closely contested races for School Committee and City Council seats.

Overall, 12,623 people cast their ballot on election, just over 10% of the city’s registered voters. This was the highest turnout for voters in a year that did not include state or mayoral races since 2013, which saw 11,643 voters cast their ballots.

All but three City Council seats saw contested races, with several races coming as close as an 18-vote difference in the ward races.
In the race for at large City Council, which was for five seats, Councilor Jose Delgado was the top vote getter with 6,661 votes, followed by former councilor and mayoral candidate Justin Hurst at 5,447 votes, Councilor Tracye Whitfield with 5,255 votes, Councilor Kateri Walsh with 5,140 votes and Councilor Brian Santaniello with 5,011 votes.

After running an unsuccessful bid for Mayor Domenic Sarno’s seat in 2023, Hurst will return to his City Council seat.


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