GRANBY — Initial results showed that Stephen Anthony Chojnacki edged out Glenn Sexton by six votes in what turned out to be a four-way race for Select Board, Town Clerk Katherine Kelly-Regan said Monday night.
Sexton said he would ask for a recount.
The tally among the three candidates on the ballot was 216 votes for Chojnacki, 210 for Sexton and 173 for Wayne Henry Tack Jr.. A fourth candidate, Jennifer Silva, ran a write-in campaign and received 43 votes.
In the other contested race on the ballot, Jay Joyce won a five-year seat on the Planning Board with 337 votes to Shawn Shephard’s 197 votes.
According to Kelly Regan, 656 people cast ballots, or 14 percent of the town’s 4,533 registered voters.
Assuming the vote stands, Chojnacki said, “I’m looking forward to moving the town forward in a positive manner.”
One of his priorities, he said, would be to look into hiring a grant writer who could focus on brining more state and federal money into the community for special projects. He is especially interested in improving the infrastructure along the Route 202 corridor to draw in more businesses.
He will replace Mary McDowell, who did not run for re-election.
Other offices filled during the annual election included a three-year seat on the School Committee for which Jennifer Curran, running unopposed, received 491 votes.
James Pietras, running for a one-year unexpired term on the School Committee received 540 votes.
James Sowell won a five-year seat on the Housing Authority with 456 votes.
Kelly-Regan, who has served as town clerk for 20 years, won another three-year stint with 579 votes.
Micheline Turgeon won a three-year seat on the Board of Health with 505 votes. William D. Porter III was reelected to a three-year seat on the Board of Assessors with 488 votes.
Linda Casey, Helen Hurteau and Michele Pietras all won three-year terms as Library Trustees, while Mary McDowell won a one-year unexpired term as a Library Trustee.
Ronald Harrop won a three-year term as Commissioner of Burial Ground with 460 votes, and Joseph Furnia won a three-year term as a councilor on the Hampshire Council of Governments.
Eric Goldscheider can be reached at eric.goldscheider@gmail.com