NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - North Adams is set to elect a woman as mayor for the first time in city history this fall, and after Tuesday’s preliminary election, the voters will be choosing between Jennifer Macksey and Lynette Bond. 

What You Need To Know

  • Jennifer Macksey and Lynette Bond will be the two candidates for mayor in North Adams this fall
  • Macksey won the preliminary election with 802 votes, and Bond finished second with 611
  • Both campaigns feel like they’re in a good place and will continue reaching out to voters
  • The general election is set for November 2

 

Macksey lead the way with 802 votes, with Bond coming in second getting 611. Aprilyn Carsno and Rachel Branch rounded out the field with 26 and 18 votes respectively.

Macksey and Bond both feel their campaigns are in a good position heading toward the general election on November 2.

With less than 200 votes separating them in the preliminary, they’ll be working to make themselves stand out over the next five weeks. Macksey thinks her experience will be the difference.

“I know municipal government,” Macksey, who started working in city hall while in college, said. “I’ve worked in city government for 16 years. I know education. The last 12 years of my career has been in education. And I really know this city and I know the people. I know all kinds of people in this community.”

As for Bond, her focus will be on issues the voters are sharing with her.

“One of those being housing, so I really want to talk through that,” Bond said. “I also want to really put those plans forward and talk about the bike trail. That seems to be a very important issue, it’s a very important project that I’d like to see come to fruition.”

The candidates aren’t going to be wasting any time keeping their campaigns going, with Macksey planning several upcoming meet-and-greets, and Bond hosting an open house at campaign headquarters this weekend.