Published on November 04, 2014
Municipal Election Unofficial Results
Library Bond
- Yes - 3587
- No - 1798
Town Council (two seats):
- Patricia Grennon - 3343
- Kathy Ray - 3640
School Board (two seats):
- Joanna Morrissey - 2231
- Barbara Powers - 3417
- Elizabeth Scifres - 1503
Cape Elizabeth voters have approved a $4 million bond for renovations and new construction to the Thomas Memorial Library. Unofficial results election night show 3,587 voting for the bond, and 1,798 against. The approval also authorizes a $200,000 contingency and an additional $150,000 for providing temporary library facilities during the renovation. In 2012 voters turned down a more expensive library proposal.
In the only contested municipal race, School Board challenger Barbara Powers was elected to a three-year term, unseating incumbent Elizabeth Scifres. Joanna Morrissey, also an incumbent seeking one of two seats on the board, was re-elected to a three-year term. Powers garnered the most votes for School Board with 3,417, followed by Morrissey's 2,231.
In an uncontested race for two seats on the Town Council, newcomer Patricia Grennon and incumbent Kathy Ray were elected to three-year terms.
Democrat Kim Monaghan-Derrig was also re-elected to a term as State House representative in District 30, defeating Republican challenger Pauline Wilcox 3,169 to 1,859.
Cape Elizabeth voters also favored a ban on bear baiting, Question 1 on the state referendum ballot, casting 3,645 votes for the ban and 1,804 against.
A total of 5,582 ballots were cast, for a turnout of 71 percent. Of those, 1,668 ballots, or 29 percent, were cast by absentee, said Town Clerk Debra Lane.
Here is a summary of unofficial results as of 11 p.m. Nov. 4:
Unofficial Results:
State and Referendum Ballot Questions - Cape Elizabeth results only
United States Senator (Vote for 1)
- Bellows, Shenna, Manchester - (Democratic) - 2194 votes
- Collins, Susan M., Bangor - (Republican) - 3307 votes
Governor (Vote for 1)
- Cutler, Eliot R., Cape Elizabeth - (Independent) - 780 votes
- LePage, Paul R., Augusta - (Republican) - 1793 votes
- Michaud, Michael H., East Millinocket - (Democratic) - 2986 votes
Representative to Congress Dist. 1 (Vote for 1)
- Misiuk, Isaac J., Gorham - (Republican) - 1528 votes
- Murphy, Richard P., Sanford - (Independent) - 326 votes
- Pingree, Chellie, North Haven - (Democratic) - 3516 votes
State Senator, District 29 (Vote for 1)
- DeSena, William R., Cape Elizabeth - (Republican) - 2105 votes
- Diehl, Mark D., - (Green Independent) - 473 votes
- Millett, Rebecca J., Cape Elizabeth - (Democratic) - 2823 votes
Representative to the Legislature, District 30 (Vote for 1)
- Monaghan-Derrig, Kimberly J., Cape Elizabeth - (Democratic) - 3169 votes
- Wilcox, Pauline S., Cape Elizabeth - (Republican) - 1859 votes
Representative to the Legislature, District 32 (Vote for 1)
- Hamann, Scott M., South Portland - (Democratic) - 207 votes
Judge of Probate Cumberland County (Vote for 1)
- Mazziotti, Joseph R., Falmouth - (Democratic) - 4052 votes
Sheriff Cumberland County (Vote for 1)
- Joyce, Kevin Jay, Standish - (Democratic) - 4122 votes
District Attorney District 2 (Vote for 1)
- Anderson, Stephanie, Cape Elizabeth - (Republican) - 4141 votes
County Commissioner Cumberland District 4 (Vote for 1)
- Coward, Thomas S., South Portland - (Democratic) - 3931 votes
Question 1: Citizen Initiative
Do you want to ban the use of bait, dogs or traps in bear hunting except to protect property, public safety, or for research?
- Yes - 3645
- No - 1804
Question 2: Bond Issue
Do you favor an $8,000,000 bond issue to support Maine agriculture, facilitate economic growth in natural resources-based industries and monitor human health threats related to ticks, mosquitoes and bedbugs through the creation of an animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service?
- Yes - 3711
- No - 1611
Question 3: Bond Issue
Do you favor a bond issue to provide $4,000,000 in funds to insure portions of loans to small businesses to spur investment and innovation and to provide $8,000,000 in funds to make flexible loans to small businesses to create jobs, revitalize downtowns and strengthen the rural economy?
- Yes - 3748
- No - 1534
Question 4: Bond Issue
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $11,000,000 in private and other funds, to build a research center and to discover genetic solutions for cancer and the diseases of aging, to promote job growth and private sector investment in this State, to attract and retain young professionals and make the State a global leader in genomic medicine?
- Yes - 3773
- No - 1525
Question 5: Bond Issue
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $5,700,000 in private and public funds, to modernize and expand infrastructure in a biological laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration located in the State in order to increase biotechnology workforce training, retain and recruit to the State multiple biomedical research and development groups and create a drug discovery and development facility that will improve human health and stimulate biotechnology job growth and economic activity?
- Yes - 3350
- No - 1897
Question 6: Bond Issue
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to ensure clean water and safe communities across Maine; to protect drinking water sources; to restore wetlands; to create jobs and vital public infrastructure; and to strengthen the State’s long-term economic base and competitive advantage?
- Yes - 3994
- No - 1331
Question 7: Bond Issue
Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs and improve the sustainability of the State’s marine economy and related industries through capital investments, to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and other funds?”
- Yes - 3857
- No - 1441
Municipal Ballot Questions
TOWN COUNCIL - For a three-year term until December 11, 2017. Vote for up to two (2)
- GRENNON, PATRICIA K. - 3343
- RAY, KATHARINE N.- 3640
- WRITE-IN
SCHOOL BOARD - For a three-year term until December 11, 2017. Vote for up to two (2)
- MORRISSEY, JOANNA L.- 2231
- POWERS, BARBARA S. - 3417
- SCIFRES, ELIZABETH K - 1503
- WRITE-IN
PORTLAND WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES - For a five year term·until November 2019. Vote for up to one (1)
- ROSS, WAYNE H. - South Portland - 3587
- WRITE-IN
Citizen Vote on Proposed Library Project
Shall the expenditure recommended by the Town Council of up to Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,200,000), for renovations to the Thomas Memorial library, plus an additional $150,000 for constructing temporary library facilities during the renovation, and the expenditure of such additional funds on the project as may be contributed by the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation and accepted by the Town for that purpose, be approved?
- Yes - 3587
- No - 1798
Explanation
On August 11, 2014, the Town Council approved expenditure of up to Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000), plus an additional contingency amount of $200,000 for unanticipated expenses for renovations and expansion of the Thomas Memorial library, together with an additional $150,000 for providing temporary library facilities during the renovation, all subject to a referendum vote by the citizens of the Town of Cape Elizabeth. The Town Council also voted to accept contributions from the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation of up to $500,000 and to use such funds to pay for furnishings, fixtures and equipment for the Library. A prior more expensive renovation project was not approved by the voters. Funding for this construction project shall be by the issuance of a municipal bond in the amount of approximately $4,000,000, contributions by the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation and, to the extent necessary, other funds available to the Town.