On Tuesday, Brookline voters elected Michael Rubenstein to the Select Board over Liz Linder and Carlos Ridruejo.

In the crowded race for School Committee, which came amidst district-wide concerns about fiscal mismanagement and an 8-million-dollar budget deficit, former head of Brookline High School and Town Meeting member Bob Weintraub won his seat decisively, followed by incumbent Valerie Frias and newcomer Danna Perry, a Brookline parent.

Voters ousted incumbent Helen Charlupski, a veteran School Committee member and former chair with over 30 years on the committee.

Seats on the Board of Library Trustees, which saw competition for the first time in eight years after library staff turnover and ‘toxic’ workplace allegations, were won by incumbents Michael Burstein and Judith Vanderkay, as well as Batia Bloomenthal and Felina Silver. Joey Elasmar, the high school senior on the ballot, did not win a spot on the board.

9,520 total ballots were cast out of the 41,129 registered voters as of October, 2024. It was a slight decrease from the 9,640 who voted in the town election last May.

The Cypress is continuing to update this page as it receives results. The current results are unofficial, and can be found on the Town’s website.  

Select Board

There was one available seat on the Select Board. Rubenstein, who was endorsed by Brookline For Everyone, received 4,280 votes. Linder, endorsed by Brookline By Design, received 3,101, and Ridruejo trailed with 1,812.

Trustees of The Public Library

There were four available seats on the Board of Library Trustees. Burstein received 5,841 votes, Bloomenthal received 5,460, Vanderkay received 5,105 and Silver received 4,683.

Elasmar, a Brookline High School senior, fell short, receiving 3,263 votes.

School Committee

There were three available seats on the School Committee. Weintraub received 6,332 votes, incumbent Frias received 4,872, and Perry received 4,326.

All three winners were endorsed by Brookline PAX and the Brookline Parents Organization.

Charlupski, the other incumbent, received 3,565 votes. Akiva Leibovitz finished with 2,833 and Logan Potere with 1,175.

Constable

There were five available, unopposed spots for Constable. All candidates were incumbents. Isaac Silberberg received 5,039 votes, Neil Gordon received 5,012, Regina Frawley received 5,008, Debbie Hatzieleftheriadis received 5,003 and Joe Figler received 4,597.

Silberberg and Gordon will serve three-year terms, while Frawley and Hatzieleftheriadis will serve for two. Figler will serve for one year.

Town Meeting

Winners of Town Meeting seats are listed by precinct number, with the number of votes received in parentheses. Candidates were elected to three-year terms unless otherwise noted.

Precinct 1:

Bradford Kimball (338), Sean Jones (330), Cathleen Cavell (326), Ana Albuquerque (281) and Susan Daley (271)

Precinct 2: 

3-year: Brenda Hochberg (254), Pamela Roberts (182), Barbara Scotto (169), Maura Toomey (158), Elise Couture-Stone (152)

1-year: Coleen Newsome (211)

Precinct 3:

3-year: Kate Becker (361), Frank Steinfield (331), Margaret Robotham (317), Dennis Doughty (291) and Harry Bohrs (286)

2-year: Peter Frumkin (411)

Precinct 4:

3-year: Wendy Machmuller (247), Donelle O’Neal (232), Vena Priestly (230) and two write-in candidates.

1-year: Arslan Ahmad Aziz (203)

163 votes were distributed among four write-in candidates, whose names and individual vote tallies have not yet been released.

Precinct 5:

Bill Reyelt (371), Perry Grossman (355), Jessica Milhem (324), Ariel Gruzman (312) and Paul O’Leary (301).

Precinct 6:

Kim Smith (495), Ginnie Smith (378), John Bassett (360), Daniel Fishman (359), Maxim Sheinin (336)

Precinct 7:

Amanda Zimmerman (372), Isaac Silberberg (334), Colin Stokes (310), Chi Chi Wu (307) and Aylit Schultz (269).

Precinct 9:

Harold Simansky (407), Bob Weintraub (380), Chris Mutty (378), Anthony Buono (359) and Matt Caldeira (211).

Precinct 10:

Naomi Sweitzer (360), Liz Erdman (344), John Bowman (337), Elizabeth Kernan (337) and Rachel Barenbaum (301).

Precinct 11:

David Pollak (459), Shira Fischer (448), Shanna Giora-Gorfajn (400), Lisa Shatz (400) and Becca Mautner (373).

Precinct 12:

3-year: Mark Lowenstein (461), Petra Bignami (381), Amy Hummel (363), Emily Dolbear (348), Jeremy Redburn (332)

1-year: Margaret Molloy (501)

Precinct 13:

Jennie Segel (442), Andy Fischer (433), Kevin MacKenzie (376), Anne Finkenbinder (321), David Brewster (310)

Precinct 14:

Carla Benka (398), Jesse Hefter (395), Dick Benka (386), Lynda Roseman (381) and Kathleen O’Connell (378).

Precinct 15:

3-year: Janice Kahn (330), Dick Nangle (323), Eileen Berger (316), Hugh Joseph (304) and Wadner Oge (302).

1- year: Rory Hallowell (336)

Precinct 16:

Carolyn Thall (349), Adrienne Bowman (343), Laura Baines-Walsh (329), Joslin Murphy (316) and Stephen Chiumenti (259).

Precinct 17:

3-year: Susan Park (387), Bruce Levin (248), Jonathan Davis (234), Linda Pehlke (225) and Chris Chaky (213).

2-year: Benjamin Dubin (377)