With several large developments expected to make their way to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission in the coming years, more than 10 candidates have launched campaigns for nine seats on the regional planning board.
Voter registration is up, early voting has begun and town clerks across the Island are busy preparing for what is expected to be one of the busiest general elections in Martha’s Vineyard history.
Julian Cyr is in a three-way race with Barnstable Republican Christopher Lauzon and Joe Van Nes, an unenrolled dark horse candidate from West Tisbury.
When Vineyarders step into the voting booth for the November general election, they'll weigh in on the Presidential race, a three-way race for the Cape and Islands senate seat, a contested race for the Martha's Vineyard Commission and several ballot questions.
Thomas Moakley, the Falmouth attorney who won the Democratic primary on Sept. 3, will not have a Republican challenger in November after write-in candidate Erich Horgan failed to get enough votes.
Unofficial results had Thomas Moakley winning the Democratic state representative primary over Arielle Faria by a vote of 3,498 to 2,720.