With large numbers of people casting ballots locally and statewide in this week’s midterm election, South Berwick voters elected Jane Brekke and Tony Palazzetti to the Town Council.
Brekke took the seat with 2,140 votes and Palazzetti with 1,785, winning over Dorothy Maguire, who received 1,424 votes, and Ronald Fousek, who received 604 votes.
For MSAD 35 school board, Perrin Chick and incumbent Heather Holland, both of South Berwick, were elected to a one-year and three-year term, respectively, in uncontested races.
In state and district races, South Berwick voted in every race for the winning candidates.
In the contest for Maine House of Representatives District 150, representing Eliot and parts of South Berwick, former Eliot selectman Alex Orestis was elected to the House, winning 491 of the votes in South Berwick against Republican Mark Zimmer of South Berwick, who got 304 votes in South Berwick.
In House District 149, representing parts of South Berwick and North Berwick, Mallory Cook of South Berwick, the Democrat, got 2,080 votes here against 1.039 for Republican Tim Towne of North Berwick, the Republican.
Democrat Michele Meyer bested Republican Julia Rakic in the contest for the state Senate District 35 seat, which represents five York County towns, winning 2,619 of the South Berwick votes against Rakic’s 1,294.
Some 4,014 people cast ballots this year in South Berwick, about three-quarters of registered voters, who numbered 5,360 as of Oct. 30. In Maine, residents are able to register at any point, including on Election Day.
U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson, the Democrat who won the seat in the nationally watched contest, had 2,439 votes in South Berwick, and Susan Collins, the incumbent Republican senator, received 1,488 votes.
In a race called early Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, the incumbent Democrat in Maine’s 1st Congressional District representing southern Maine, defeated Republican challenger Ronald Russell to win a 10th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. In South Berwick, Pingree received 2,629 votes against Russell, who received 1,294.
In the governor’s race, Democrat Hannah Pingree took the seat, winning 2,499 votes in South Berwick against 1,146 for Republican Bobby Charles and 297 for unaffiliated candidate Rick Bennett.
