Winchester Town Election - 2025 Candidate Forum and Voter Guide

2025 Town-Wide Candidate Forums (Recordings)

The League of Women Voters held two Candidate Debates for the Town-wide boards that had more candidates than open seats for the Annual Town Election, which is on Saturday March 22, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Voting will be held at Winchester High School in the Cafeteria for all precincts.

The links 2025 Candidate Forum recordings are below. All Forums were held at the Jenks Center in the Cummings Room. At each forum, candidates were asked questions solicited in advance from town residents.

Thank you to WinCAM for their support in streaming it to the public and making it available afterwards on the WinCAM website. 

Select Board Candidates Forum (2 openings for a 3-year term, * indicates incumbent):

• Select Board Candidates: Paras Bhayani, Anthea Brady*, Dorothy Simboli, Richard Welch, Jr.
• Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
• WinCAM Recording: CLICK HERE TO VIEW

School Committee Candidates Forum (2 openings for a 3-year term, * indicates incumbent):

• School Committee Candidates: Karen Maruyama Bolognese*, Stephanie Mnayarji, Christian Nixon*
• Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
• WinCAM Recording: CLICK HERE TO VIEW

Note: Town Meeting Member candidates were at the forums to meet the community.

We thank the Cummings Foundation for its generous grant to the Jenks Center to support this event.

WinCam Recordings of Candidate Debates:

On March 5th and March 6th, the League sponsored two candidate forums for the town-wide boards with contested seats. Please visit the WinCam website or view the recordings through the links above for Select Board and School Committee. 

2025 Voters' Guides

To further support our community and the mission of the League of Women Voters, we are pleased to provide candidate information for the March 22, 2025 election through the use of our Voters' Guide. 

If you are a candidate in the upcoming town election and would like to submit a candidate profile but have not yet done so, please email info@lwvwinchester.org to request a 2025 candidate profile template.

Please view the following statements of candidates running for contested Board seats:

Select Board Candidate Statements

School Committee Candidate Statements

Please view the following statements of write-in candidates or candidates running for uncontested Board seats:

Board of Health Statements

Library Board Statements

Housing Authority Statements

Planning Board Statements

Please view Town Meeting Member candidates statement, listed by Precinct:

Precinct 2 Candidate Statements

Precinct 4 Candidate Statements

Precinct 5 Candidate Statements

Precinct 6 Candidate Statements

Precinct 7 Candidate Statements

Precinct 8 Candidate Statements