LAKEVILLE — Brian Day has won election to the Lakeville Select Board.

Day earned 585 votes. Maureen Candito received the second-most votes with 304, and William Hoeg received the third-most votes with 80.

“I’m really humbled to come away with the win,” Day said the morning after his victory. “It was great to see so many people come out and vote for their candidate of choice.”

Day will replace Richard LaCamera, who decided not to run for re-election to the Select Board after serving the town for the majority of the past four decades.

“I’m really looking forward to getting to work and getting things done,” Day said. “I want everybody who supported any candidate to know that just because their candidate might not have won, that doesn’t mean the things their candidate or themselves were interested in are any less of a priority.”

A total of 998 residents cast ballots. As of March 4, there were 9,044 total registered voters in Lakeville, according to Town Clerk Lillian Drane.

That means 11.03% of registered voters voted in the election.

In the 2022 Town Election, 1,417 people voted out of 8,724 registered voters in Lakeville, for a 16.2% participation rate.

The Select Board race was the only contested one in Lakeville for the 2023 town election.

Incumbent M. John Olivieri ran unopposed for a three-year term as Town Assessor, Stephen D. Sylvia ran unopposed for re-election for a Lakeville seat on the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District Committee. 

Incumbents Jennifer A. Blum and Robert W. Clark won re-election for two Freetown seats on the School Committee.

Blum received 1,270 votes combined between Freetown and Lakeville voters, Clark received 1,219 votes, and the third candidate, Kayla R. Churchill, received 442 votes.

In Lakeville, Blum received 653 votes, Clark received 607 votes, and the third candidate, Kayla R. Churchill, received 284 votes.

From Freetown voters, Blum received 617 votes, Clark received 612 votes, and Churchill, received 158 votes.

Christopher D. Spratt ran unopposed for a three-year Board of Health term, Ruth S. Gross ran unopposed for a three-year term as Library Trustee.

Melisa A. Turcotte and Scott W. Holmes ran unopposed for two open seats for three-year Park Commission terms. Brynna Donahue ran unopposed for a two-year unexpired Park Commission term.

There were no candidates in races for Town Moderator, a five-year Planning Board term, a three-year Finance Committee term, a three-year Cemetery Commission term, and a two-year unexpired Cemetery Commission term. Those races were decided by write-in votes.

Kathryn A. Goodfellow, who served as Town Moderator last year, received the most write-in votes for the same position with 222.

John Cabral received 150 write-in votes for Planning Board.

Melissa Hopkins received the most write-in votes for Finance Committee with six, all from Precinct 1. There were 31 other write-in ballots cast in the race.

Deveney Boyadjian received the most votes for both Cemetery Commission seats. She received 112 votes for the full three-year term and 155 for the two-year unexpired term.

Emery Orrall was also listed as receiving multiple write-in votes for the full term, with 15.