This is a special election that only consists of the vote for the new Select Board representative. This election is happening because John Keohane resigned on August 5, 2025,r writing a letter to the Chair Ben Zoll and Keohane states “ I’ve come to realize that public office and the political landscape that comes with it are not the right fit for me.” After the resignation of Keohane the Select Board decided to hold an election for the available spot.

On August 27th, Arthur Doyle took out nomination papers to run for the office. Doyle returned those nomination papers to the town clerk on September 9th to get on the November ballot. John Driscoll took out his nomination papers on August 29th, making this race contested. Driscoll turned his papers back on September 2nd, 13 days before the due date which was September 15th.

Arthur Doyle kicked off his campaign on September 30th, and his main goal as a Select Board member if he gets elected is, as he states, “ Seeing that we have just had a town election 6 months ago and we’re going to have another town election in 6 months. Ok, this might be in some way in I can payback.” So, Doyle is running to give back to the community as best he can. As Arthur Doyle likes to say, “It’s as simple as that.” Doyle’s focus, if elected, will be to make the town a better place for all with projects such as completing the Atherton Street Fire Station, public safety solutions, and strengtheningpublic schools.

John Driscoll’s campaign kicked off on October 5th, and Driscoll wants to bring a lot of ideas to the table.. His ideas include protecting the open spaces andhistoric places in town. Driscoll, if elected, plans to work collaboratively with the other members of the board and the town citizens while also delivering public services to the town as a member on the board. Ultimately, Driscoll plans to increase the amount of fire fighters and police officers we have in the town because of the new buildings that are getting built in East Milton.

The election took place on November 4th and it seems to be a close race between Doyle and Driscoll. Many people held signs for Driscoll and for Doyle around town. Doyle, on (insert day), said “It really depends on who shows up.”

The results of the 2025 Select Board election is that overall John Driscoll won. The total vote count is Doyle 2487 votes and Driscoll 2760 votes, Driscoll, in the end, winning by 273 votes. Out of the 21437 registered voters in Milton, only 5247 voters voted at the election.

If this election had ended up in a tie, one of the candidates would likely request a recount and the votes would have to be hand counted to make sure the machines didn’t make any mistakes. So now, the Select consists of Ben Zoll, the Chair of the board, Winston Daley is the Vice Chair of the board, Meghan Hagerty is the Secretary of the board, and Richard Wells and John Driscoll are members on the select board.