School Bond and Ordinance Amendments fail passage; Carney and Millett hold on to seats

UPDATED 11/09/2022

Cape Elizabeth voting results for November 8, 2022:  

The number of certified municipal ballots cast was 6,285.  The number of unofficial state ballots cast was 6,279 (state election ballots are certified through the State).  Approximately 71% of Cape Elizabeth registered voters cast ballots; 3,712 or 59% of these were cast by absentee ballot.

Cape Elizabeth residents voted against the School Bond by 3,817 votes to 2,337 votes in support.  However, the majority of Cape residents voted to approve $5 million in fundraising for additional school improvements by a vote of 3,041 to 2,999.

A narrow majority of Cape Elizabeth residents voted against approving the Zoning Ordinance amendments for the Town Center District with 3,090 votes opposed and 2,888 in favor.

Anne Carney and Rebecca Millett both were re-elected by wide margins in Cape Elizabeth.  Carney received 4,615 votes over her opponent, John Wesley Lewis who received 1,590 votes for State Senator, District 29.  Millett captured 4,462 votes over her opponent, Annie Christy, who received 1,561 votes for Representative to the Legislature District 123.

Christopher Kessler won his re-election for Representative to the Legislature District 121 in Cape Elizabeth by 89 votes; challenger, Tammy Walters received 53 votes.

Incumbents Caitlin Jordan and Penelope Jordan have both been re-elected to their seats on Town Council.  C. Jordan received 3,250 votes and P. Jordan received 3,836.  The third candidate, David W. Hughes, received 2,385 votes.  There were 3,099 blank ballots cast.

On the School Board, Philip Saucier and Caitlin Sweet were elected with a narrow margin.  Saucier won a second term on the board with 2,371 votes.  First-time candidate, Sweet, won a seat on the School Board with 2,399 votes.  Arienne Hurder, running for her first time, received 2,164 votes.  Lawrence Kaplan received 1,917 votes.  There were 3,719 blank ballots cast.


GOVERNOR
STATEWIDE
Vote for ONE


STATE SENATOR
DISCTRICT 29
Vote for ONE


HUNKLER, SAM
Beals
Independent Unenrolled
75




CARNEY, ANNE M.
Cape Elizabeth
Democratic


4615


LEPAGE, PAUL R.
Edgecomb
Republican


1288




LEWIS, JOHN WESLEY
Cape Elizabeth
Republican
1590


MILLS, JANET T.
Farmington
Democratic


4884




Blanks



74



Blanks



32











REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE - DISTRICT 121

Vote for ONE



REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE - DISTRICT 123

Vote for ONE


KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER J.
South Portland
Democratic

89


CHRISTY, ANNIE
Cape Elizabeth
Democratic
1561


WALTER, TAMMY
Cape Elizabeth
Republican

53




MILLETT, REBECCA J.
Cape Elizabeth
Democratic
4462


Blanks
3
Blanks
111






JUDGE PROBATE
Cumberland County
Vote for ONE



SHERIFF
Cumberland County
Vote for ONE


ARANSON, PAUL
Scarborough
Democratic

5031



JOYCE, KEVIN JAY
Standish
Democratic


5006


Blanks
1248
Blanks
1273





DISTRICT ATTORNEY
District 2
Vote for ONE



COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Cumberland District 4
Vote for ONE


SARTORIS, JACQUELINE ANNE
Brunswick
Democratic

4741



SMITH, PATRICIA A.
South Portland
Democratic

4907


Blanks


1538


Blanks


1372






REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS
District 1
Vote for ONE





PINGREE, CHELLIE M.
North Haven
Democratic

4730





THELANDER, EDWIN
Bristol
Republican

1440





Write-In: Alan H. MacDonald


1




Blanks
108



LOCAL ELECTIONS


QUESTION 1:  ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL PROJECT
Shall the Town Council Vote Authorizing Expenditures of up to $115,943,324 to Design, Construct and Equip a New Elementary School and a New Middle School and to Renovate Cape Elizabeth High School and issuance of the Town's General Obligation Bonds Therefor be Approved?
  The Town Council recommends that the school construction question be approved.
  The School Board recommends that the school construction question be approved.
YES
2337
NO
3817
BLANKS
131


QUESTION 2:  ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOOL FUNDRAISING QUESTIONS
If the foregoing question is approved by the voters, shall the Town Council Vote Authorizing Expenditures of up to $5,000,000 in the form of Gifts and Grants to pay for Additional Auditorium Seating, Solar Panels and Other Miscellaneous Improvements to Enhance the New Elementary and New Middle School be Approved?
YES
3041
NO
2999
BLANKS
245


QUESTION 3:  TOWN CENTER AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS REFERENDUM
Shall the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Cape Elizabeth, Maine in Sec. 19-1-3 (Definitions), Sec. 19-6-4 (Town Center District), and Sec. 19-7-8 (Off-Street Parking) be amended, in accordance with the Ordinance adopted by the Town Council on October 13, 2021 to allow:

1) new definitions of "Affordable Housing" and "Mixed Use Building" if a Site Plan Review application includes a building with at least ten (10) dwelling units, and a minimum of seventy percent (70%) of the dwelling units are affordable to low-income households;

2) affordable housing in "mixed use" buildings in the Town Center District that:

a.  requires low income affordability to be maintained for a minimum of forty-five (45) years;

b.  increases the density or maximum number of dwelling units per area from 3,000 square feet to 1,500 square feet;

c.  increases the maximum building footprint for an affordable housing building from 5,000 square feet to 12,000 square feet;

d.  increases the maximum building height from 35 feet to 45 feet; and

e.  eliminates the commercial use requirement on the first floor; and

3) a reduced number of off-street parking spaces required for an affordable housing development in the Town Center District provided the Planning Board determines that the proposed parking is sufficient to address the parking needs?

YES
2888
NO
3090
BLANKS
307


TOWN COUNCIL
For a three-year term until December 8, 2025
Vote for up to TWO (2)



SCHOOL BOARD
For a three-year term until December 8, 2025
Vote for up to TWO (2)


HUGHES, DAVID W.
2385
HURDER, ARIENNE D.

2164


JORDAN, CAITLIN R.
3250
KAPLAN, LAWRENCE R.
1917

JORDAN, PENELOPE A.
3836


SAUCIER, PHILIP R.

2371


Write-Ins

00000


SWEET, CAITLIN S.
2399

BLANKS
3099


Write-In

0000




BLANKS

3719


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