City Clerk Michele Benjamin pulls names for ballot positions last week with Assistant Clerk Joshua Munn and Head Clerk Sandra Knight.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In preparation for the Nov. 4 municipal election, candidates for contested seats drew their ballot positions.
City Clerk Michele Benjamin addressed a small crowd in council chambers on Thursday, first congratulating all candidates for their nominations and placement on the ballot.
Positions were drawn for at-large, Ward 2, Ward 5, Ward 6, Ward 7, and School Committee. At-large candidates Lawrence Klein, Earl Persip III, and Sara Hathaway attended.
At-large ballot positions:
Karen Kalinowsky
Lawrence Klein
Kathleen Amuso
Earl Persip III
Peter White
Alisa Costa
Sara Hathaway
The four candidates with the top votes will be selected as councilors.
For Ward 2, Cameron Cunningham attended and drew second position behind Corey Walker.
Both Patrick Kavey and his challenger, Michael Grady attended the drawing. Kavey drew first position. Ward 6 candidate Walter Powell attended and drew first position over incumbent Dina Lampiasi.
For Ward 7, Katherine Moody attended and drew second position, with Anthony Maffuccio appearing first.
Nine candidates are running for a School Committee seat and Vicky Smith, Katherine Yon, and a representative of Jacob Klein attended.
Lawrence Klein, at-large candidate, was able to put his son's name into the drawing wheel.
He explained that his son, Jacob Klein, is a senior at Pittsfield High School, freshly 18, and wanted to give back to the community and run for local politics alongside his father. This is why Klein chose to run for an at-large seat.
"I say whether I win the position or not, I've won because I've done this great, fantastic thing with my son," he said.
"And think about this. How many people can say that in their first election that they got to vote in, they got to vote for themselves and their father or their mother?"
School Committee ballot positions:
Ciara Batory
Sarah Muil
Daniel Elias
Katherine Yon
Jacob Klein
Geoffrey Buerger
Heather McNiece
Vicky Smith
Carolyn Barry
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