2026 Town Election Announcements

Candidates for Select Board are pictured at a forum held at Orchard Cove. (Hebrew SeniorLife photo)

Canton’s 2026 town election will take place on Tuesday, April 7. Offices up for grabs include two seats on the Select Board (each 3-year terms); two seats on the School Committee (each 3-year terms); two seats on the Planning Board (one 5-year term and one 3-year term to fill a vacancy); three seats on the Library Board of Trustees (all 3-year terms); and one seat each on the Board of Assessors (3-year term) and Board of Health (3-year term).

For additional information about the candidates as well as the duties of the offices up for grabs, voters are encouraged to visit cantonmavoterguide.com, which also includes links to individual campaign websites as well as videos of recently held candidate forums co-hosted with the Canton Lions Club and broadcast on Canton Community Television (cantoncommunitytv.org).

For more information about the April 7 town election, including a precinct map and polling locations, visit town.canton.ma.us/259/Town-Clerk or call 781-821-5013.

Candidate announcements will be posted below as they are received:

Fichman announces write-in campaign for library trustee (March 26)

Library Trustee George Comeau announces reelection campaign (March 12)

Gene Manning seeking reelection to Board of Assessors (March 12)

Bob Maffie announces candidacy for Planning Board (Feb. 26)

Select Board Chair JR McCourt to seek reelection (Feb. 19)

Murphy offers more ‘holistic’ approach for Canton (Feb. 5)

Beckham announces candidacy for Select Board (Jan. 29)

Clough announces candidacy for Select Board (Jan. 22)

Click here for election-related letters to the editor.

State Rep. announcements:

Lisa Lopez announces candidacy for state rep. (Feb. 26)