New Bedford to hold preliminary city elections today

New Bedford to hold preliminary city elections today

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — It’s preliminary election day in New Bedford. Today, voters will decide which at large councilor candidates will be on the November ballot. 12 at-large councilor candidates are on today’s ballot and ten will move forward to November’s general election. New Bedford voters will also cast a vote for ward councilors in wards three, four and six. Incumbents Shawn Oliver, Derek Baptiste and Ryan Pereira are running unoppose…

Whispers of change at New Bedford's polling booths, three challengers rise into top spots

As the polls closed on a crisp October Tuesday evening in New Bedford, a quiet revolution simmered beneath the surface of a lackluster voter turnout. Only about 5.8% of the city's 73,859 registered voters bothered to show up for the preliminary election on October 7, 2025—casting just 4,263 ballo

New Bedford challengers among top 5 in at-large councilor preliminary election - The New Bedford Light

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