Waltham City Council Election Results 2023

WALTHAM, MA — Jeannette McCarthy has won another term as mayor in the City of Waltham, collecting over 2,000 more votes than challenger Jonathan Paz.

Waltham had a 32 percent voter turnout for the 2023 elections, which included the mayoral race and a few contested City Council races.

Here are the vote totals for mayor:

• McCarthy — 6628
• Paz — 4551

Contested Council Races

Waltham also had several contested council races on the ballot in 2023. The totals in those races are:

Council Ward 1

• Anthony LaFauci — 1079
• Lizzie Gelles — 719

Council Ward 3

• Bill Hanley — 1352
• Paul Tracey — 390

Council Ward 4

• John McLaughlin — 663
• John Tracy — 413

Council Ward 7

• Paul Katz — 855
• Robert Davis III — 216

Council Ward 9

• Eamon Dawes — 388
• Robert Logan — 443

Councilor-At-Large

• Colleen Bradley-MacArthur — 4743
• Randy LeBlanc — 5503
• Kathleen McMenimen — 4491
• Patrick O'Brien — 3918
• Thomas Stanley — 5614
• Carlos Vidal — 3974
• Paul Brasco — 4069
• George Darcy III — 2654
• Stephen Duffy — 3698
• Tim King — 3789
• Emily Saperia — 3068
• Emma Tzioumis — 3734

Mayor

Will 2023 be the year that a new mayor takes the helm in Waltham, or will Jeannette McCarthy again win re-election to the position she's held since the early 2000s?

Paz and McCarthy represent two eras of Waltham politics and, on election day, will be separated in age by four decades.

For the younger Paz, who won election to the City Council in 2019, he believes McCarthy is "out of touch with the people's needs."

"We need new leadership to progress and ensure Waltham's statewide leadership," Paz said.

If elected, he said his priorities would include modernizing transportation, improving schools, and investing in quality and affordable housing.

As for McCarthy, she cites her experience as a bonus over Paz, and also stated that "a mayor is required to represent the whole City of Waltham."

Her priorities for a new term would include addressing cost of living concerns, and to "continue with good fiscal management -relatively low taxes and a plethora of city and school services."