HAVERHILL — Election officials say they expect voters to go to the polls for a preliminary election in September for City Council and School Committee.
With today's 5 p.m. deadline for filing nomination papers passed, eight candidates filed or School Committee and 21 filed for City Council. The School Committee needed seven candidates for a preliminary election to be held and the City Council needed 19.
The preliminary election will be Sept. 15 and the final election will be early November, said Assistant City Clerk Rick Barber. The city clerk's office has until Aug. 11 to certify the signatures of registered voters on the nomination papers.
Here are the candidates who filed papers with the city clerk's office by today's deadline, according to Barber:
Mayor
James Fiorentini (incumbent)
John Michitson
City Council (9-member board, all seats available this election; "I'' stands for incumbent)
Mary Ellen Daly-O'Brien, I
David Hall, I
Michael Hart, I
William Macek, I
Michael McGonagle, I
Ken Quimby Jr., I
William Ryan, I
Robert Scatamacchia, I
Malcolm Kimball Jr.
Christian Miller
Michael Young
Norman Milhendler
David Langlois
Sven Amirian
Colin LePage
Anastasia Papaefthemiou
Fred Simmons
John Curtin Jr.
Stephen Iannalfo
Leonard Russo
David Noyes
School Committee (6-member board, 3 seats available; "I'' stands for incumbent)
Joseph Bevilacqua, I
Kerry Fitzgerald, I
Raymond Sierpina
Paul Magliocchetti
William Evans Jr.
Krystine Hetel
Katherine Kaczor
Daniel DeRoche Jr.
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