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Campaign season over: A look at the 2021 municipal election in Malden

By Saliha Bayrak. Photos by Keren He. On Nov 2, residents of Malden headed to the polls to vote for councilors-at-large, city councilors, and school committee members. Excitement was high as candidates and Malden residents stood outside voting locations with signs in support. Incumbent Craig Spadafora and two newcomers, Karen Colón Hayes and Carey McDonald, won seats for councilor-at-large.  “We ran a very serious, competitive campaign from the beginning, and that was a campaign built on reaching out to all parts of the community,” said McDonald on an Urban Media Arts livestream during election night. His campaign focused on knocking on doors, working across neighborhoods, and ensuring that citizens had access to information in their own language, McDonald said.  Peg Crowe (Ward 1), Amanda Linehan (Ward 3), Ryan O’Malley (Ward 4), Barbara Murphy (Ward 5), and Jadeane Sica (Ward 8) were re-elected for city council in their respective wards. Chris Simonelli joined Ward 7’s city council after a hiatus from city government, while Stephen Winslow, formerly councilor-at-large, was elected to the Ward 6 seat. The […]

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Local election night wrap-up on MATV

Catch the local wrap-up of election news on MATV starting at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day (Tuesday, November 4). Tune in to MATV’s Government Access Channel (Comcast – 22, Verizon – 26) to hear political commentary from former City Councilor Greg Lucey, former Malden Observer editor Nathan Lamb and Malden Advocate reporter Juhi Varma with host MATV Executive Director Ron Cox. Election returns from the local polls will start coming in when the polls close at 8:00 p.m. The discussion will center on the local races for State Representative but will also touch on how the statewide races and ballot questions are felt locally. The major race of local interest is the State Representative race between candidates Steve Ultrino (Democrat) and John Matheson (Independent) for most of Malden’s voting precincts. Malden also has hometown candidate David D’Arcangelo running for Secretary of the Commonwealth. Candidates have been invited to drop by the station during the show, which will run until 9:00 p.m. If you’d like to watch the show live, come on down to MATV at […]