Four years after mounting a successful write-in campaign to serve as Dunstable’s representative on the Greater Lowell Regional High School School Committee, Kelly Richardson’s decision not to seek re-election means voters will once again have to fill that seat through their handwriting or a sticker effort.

The retired Lowell Police Chief tells InsideLowell the demands on his time are “greater than anticipated” and that he is not running for another term.

With the deadline to return signatures for a candidate’s name to appear on the ballot having come and gone on July 21st, and with no other candidates having entered the running, the town’s next Greater Lowell Tech representative will have to emerge the same way Richardson did.

To date, no other candidates have publicly expressed interested in seeking the seat and Richardson tells us he isn’t aware of any potential candidates.

Despite being Dunstable’s seat on the board, all four communities in the district are allowed to vote on the position, meaning Election Clerks and Directors in Lowell, Dracut and Tyngsborough will join their Dunstable colleague in hand-counting write-in votes on election night, November 3.

Interestingly enough, one of Lowell’s three representatives on the committee, Ralph Hogan, also earned his seat as part of a write-in campaign, edging out Anthony Milisci in 2022.

Hogan and Milisci’s names will also appear on November’s ballot, vying for the Mill City’s two seats on the board. They are joined in that race by Brady McCarron, making for one of the more interesting races to watch in the November’s General Election.