AGAWAM — Residents will go to the polls on Nov. 7 to elect a new mayor, an 11-member City Council and a six-member School Committee, all for two-year terms to commence in January 2024.

With Mayor William Sapelli not running for reelection, Agawam will elect a new mayor for the first time in six years. The two candidates are both longtime current city councilors: former Council Vice President Cecilia Calabrese and current Council President Christopher Johnson. Johnson served 10 years as Agawam’s first mayor in the 1990s. Calabrese ran unsuccessfully for state Senate last year, and previously served as an officer in the Massachusetts Municipal Association.

There were originally four nominees for mayor. In an Oct. 10 preliminary vote, Johnson and Calabrese finished in the top two spots and William Clark and Andy Montefusco were eliminated from the race. Johnson took 1,077 votes, or 53% of the votes cast. Calabrese received 640 votes, just under 32%.

In addition to Calabrese and Johnson giving up their seats on the council, current Councilor Paul Cavallo decided not to run for reelection. The other eight incumbents are joined by four challengers on the Nov. 7 ballot. In alphabetical order, incumbents seeking reelection are George Bitzas, Thomas Hendrickson, Dino Mercadante, Robert Rossi, Anthony Russo, Rosemary Sandlin, Gerald Smith and Anthony Suffriti. Challengers on the ballot are Edward Borgatti, Susan Dawson, Peter Smus and Maria Valego. Dawson is a former Agawam mayor.

For School Committee, there are seven candidates for six seats. Incumbents running for reelection are Shelley Borgatti-Reed, A.J. Christopher, Dawn DeMatteo, Michael Perry and Wendy Rua. The two newcomers to the race are Catherine McDougal and Christopher Pass. Incumbent Kerri O’Connor chose not to run for reelection. The mayor serves ex-officio as the seventh member and chair of the School Committee.

The City Council voted this year to opt out of in-person or mailed early voting, so most Agawam voters only have the option of voting in person on Election Day, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the town’s traditional polling places:

• Precinct 1: Sapelli School (formerly Robinson Park School), 65 Begley St., Agawam.
• Precinct 2: Granger School, 31 S. Westfield St., Feeding Hills.
• Precinct 3: Agawam High School, 760 Cooper St., Agawam.
• Precinct 4: Doering School, 68 Main St., Agawam.
• Precinct 5: Phelps School, 689 Main St., Agawam.
• Precincts 6 and 8: Clark School, 65 Oxford St., Agawam.
• Precinct 7: Agawam Junior High School, 1305 Springfield St., Feeding Hills.

Residents may check their voter status and find their assigned polling place at www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch.

Absentee voting is available, but only for voters who have a medical, religious or travel-related reason they cannot make it to the polls on Election Day. Applications are available at agawam.ma.us/231/Election-Information. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the town clerk before the polls close on Nov. 7.

The candidates were profiled in The Reminder editions of Oct. 12, 19 and 26.