Political newcomers Anna Turcotte and Steven Berry won seats on the City Council and School Committee, respectively, Tuesday, besting veteran incumbents.
Turcotte, a Democrat, beat longtime councilor Paul Emery and Republican Susan Rossignol by a wide margin for the Ward 3 City Council seat. Turcotte had 308 votes to 88 for Emery and 83 for Rossignol.
For School Committee Ward 1, newcomer Steven Berry beat incumbent Alex Stone by only seven votes – 277 to 270.
The remaining races saw similarly close tallies. Republican John O’Hara, the longest serving city councilor, barely beat Democratic challenger Michael Dobkowski 1,242 to 1,180 for the at-large City Council seat.
Democrat Suzanne Salisbury beat Republican newcomer Matthew Brunner 1,269 to 1,039 for the at-large School Committee seat.
Westbrook also voted YES on all three state referendum. This story will be updated.
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