Jacob Oliveira kept his seat on the School Committee.
LUDLOW - The two winners in the selectmen’s race in Monday’s annual town election were Carmina D. Fernandes, an attorney in town, and Manuel D. Silva, an assessor in Wilbraham.
“The people have spoken,” Fermandes said Monday night from her victory party at the Montalegre Restaurant on State Street.
She said residents want their taxes lowered, and she plans to listen to them.
“We will look at new ideas for raising revenues and for more efficiencies,” Fernandes said. She said she will invite people in town to work with her.
She said she had many volunteers who worked with her Monday to get the vote out.
“It was a cold day,” she said.
Silva said he has 30 years experience setting tax rates in Wilbraham. He said he plans to help normalize the tax rate in Ludlow.
There were five candidates seeking the two selectmen seats. Fernandes received 1,743 votes and Silva received 1,156 votes.
The unsuccessful candidates for selectmen were Christine Peacey who received 656 votes, Walter Craven with 697 votes and Timothy Donnelly with 675 votes.
For a seat on the School Committee, incumbent Jacob Oliveira kept his seat, defeating challenger Deborah Stephenson. Oliveira received 1,625 votes to 1,128 votes for Stephenson.
Oliveira said he used social media to campaign for the first time this year.
The next big priority for the School Committee will be the fiscal 2013 budget, he said.
Oliveira said he plans to continue to work with all members of the School Committee in a professional manner.
The assessor’s race was an upset with Antonio Rosa, president of Appraisal Services in Ludlow, defeating incumbent Donald Lake. Rosa received 1,505 votes to 1,123 votes for Lake.
For Board of Public Works, incumbent Barry Linton defeated Richard Zucco. Linton received 1,671 votes to 1,002 votes for Zucco.
For a seat on the Board of Health, Timonthy Fontaine defeated Victor Field. Fontaine received 1,457 votes to 823 votes for Field.
Voter turnout Monday was 22 percent, with 2,912 voters casting ballots of 13,208 registered voters.