Page 10 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 1, 2025 Malden Candidates who took out Nomination Papers by July 24 deadline ELECTION | FROM PAGE 1 deadline for prospective candidates to procure, or “pull,” nomination papers for the elected city posts of Malden City Council or Malden School Committee. At the start of this week, at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, July 28, it was the deadline to submit the required number of signatures of local registered voters to support the nomination papers. The chart accompanying this report shows the names of the candidates who had submitted the required signatures to the office of Malden City Clerk Carolann Desiderio (and had them verified) as of July 24. Any signatures turned in by 5:00 Monday this week would have to be in the process of being verified this week. Again, the deadline was Monday and it was unable to be determined by Advocate press time if some of the last few candidates had been able to submit the necessary signatures. In the Malden City Council race, all 11 incumbent Councillors are seeking reelection in the 2025 municipal election. As it stands before the final verification process, it appears there will be six candidates in the Councillor-at-Large race (which represents residents citywide), including three incumbents and three challengers. Three candidates are elected and will serve on the City Council. At this point, it looks to be a crowded final election in that particular race, as there are, unofficially, six candidates for the three elected Councillor-at-Large spots, including incumbents Craig Spadafora — who is seeking a 12th consecutive two-year term, Karen Colón Hayes and Carey McDonald, both of whom are seeking reelection to third consecutive terms. The three challengers are Michelle Luong, a Ward 7 resident and former multi-term Malden School Committee representative, and two Ward 4 residents: Mohammad Abu Taba of Mountain Avenue and Solomon Davidoff of Clifton Street. As of press time it was presumed Davidoff has submitted the necessary signatures for nomination, though they had not officially been verified by the City Clerk’s office as of Wednesday. With six candidates, there will be no need for a preliminary race and all six would appear on the ballot in the final election. It would take a seventh candidate in that race to create a need for a preliminary election. This year’s Preliminary Election date is Tuesday, September 16, and as of press time it appeared that there were just two races that will require preliminaries: in the Ward 6 Councillor race and in the Ward 4 School Committee race. Four candidates have emerged for Ward 6 Councillor, and three had the required signatures verified by press time: incumbent Ward 6 Councillor Stephen P. Winslow and three challengers: Jerry Leone of Webster Street, Kevin Larson of Bowman Street and William Muise of Columbia Street. Leone is a former Ward 6 School Committee member and Larson and Muise are political newcomers. Larson’s signature verification process had not been completed as of press time. Whether it is four candidates or three, there will be a preliminary ELECTION | SEE PAGE 11
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