Andover voters returned all five incumbents to office in Tuesday’s annual town election, including select board member Laura Gregory, who won a third term by 89 votes, and moderator Sheila Doherty, who fended off challenger Keith Saxon for the fourth time since 2018.

Complete results are in the tables at the bottom of this post.

Just 2,133, or 6.42 percent, of Andover’s 33,221 registered voters cast ballots Tuesday. Turnout was hampered by a cold, rainy, spring day and an uncontested race for school committee. It was the third-lowest turnout for a town election in the past 10 years.

Voters cast ballots for moderator, select board, school committee and the Punchard Free School Trustees on Tuesday.  Of the four contests, only the school committee race was uncontested.


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2023 Andover Election Results: Unofficial

Winning candidates in bold. An asterisk (*) denotes a candidate running for reelection.

Moderator: One-Year Term

CandidateP1P2P3P4/4aP5P6P7P8P9P10Total
Sheila M. Doherty *1,382
Keith M. Saxon685
Blanks64
Misc. Others
Totals0000000000
Andover Town Clerk

Select Board: Three-Year Term

CandidateP1P2P3P4/4aP5P6P7P8P9P10Total
Laura M. Gregory *1,099
Kevin T. Coffey1,010
Blanks24
Misc. Others
Totals0000000000
Andover Town Clerk

School Committee: Three-Year Term

CandidateP1P2P3P4/4aP5P6P7P8P9P10Total
Lauren Marie Conoscenti *1,568
Blanks504
Misc. Others
Totals0000000000
Andover Town Clerk

Punchard School Trustees: Three-Year Term

CandidateP1P2P3P4/4aP5P6P7P8P9P10Total
Donald Francis Schroeder *1,112
Chip Gregory *1,099
William Walsh729
Blanks1,312
Misc. Others
Totals0000000000
Andover Town Clerk

Annual Andover Election, Voter Turnout By Year

YearVotes Cast
20141,277
20153,467
20164,584
20173,822
20184,278
20194.186
20202,637
20211,231
20222,665
2023 *2,133
* Unofficial Results
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