Town Clerk Catherine Hueberger reads the results
MATTAPOISETT The town has chosen Tyler Macallister as its next Select Board member.
In an election that saw 700 votes cast, Macallister won the race to fill an open position left by the death of John DeCosta in April.
Macallister defeated Kenneth Wilbur for the position with 471 votes. Wilbur received 224 votes. There were four write-ins, and one voter left the single-contest ballot blank.
After the election, Macallister said he was “very relieved.”
“It’s awful hard to run a very abbreviated campaign in June and July,” he said.
Macallister said he’s looking forward to rejoining the board. He resigned from his position on the board in 2019 to pursue the then-open Town Administrator role.
Morgan Beard Jul 27, 2021
Kenneth Wilbur (left) and Tyler Macallister (right) are competing for an open seat on the Mattapoisett Select Board in the July 27 special election
MATTAPOISETT Mattapoisett residents can vote today, Tuesday, July 27 in a Special Town Election to fill the Select Board seat left open by the death of John DeCosta in April. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m at Old Hammondtown School.
Two candidates, Kenneth Wilbur and Tyler Macallister are in the running for the Select Board position. The winner of the election will serve the remainder of DeCosta’s term, through the 2023 Town Election.