Two town council positions, two RSU 14 board seats on ballot in Windham

By Ed Pierce

Seven candidates will appear on the ballot for Windham voters in November, with two positions available for the Windham Town Council, two positions for the RSU 14 Board of Directors and the Windham Town Clerk’s position.

Two town council seats, the town clerk, and 
two RSU 14 Board of Directors seats will be
on the ballot when Windham voters head to the
polls on Nov. 7. PHOTO BY ED PIERCE

Running for reelection to the council is incumbent Mark Morrison, who currently serves as town council chair. Morrison is unopposed for an at-large berth and three-year term on the council. He is a financial advisor and was first elected to the council in November 2020.

Incumbent Brett Jones is also seeking reelection to represent the council’s East District for a three-year term. He is a fire captain with the Old Orchard Beach Fire Department and served twice on the council in 2016 and 2020 filling short-term vacancies before being elected in his own right to a three-year term as East District councilor in November 2020.

Longtime Windham Town Clerk Linda Morrell is seeking reelection for a two-year term as town clerk. Morrell, a 1978 graduate of Windham High School, spent seven years working as a deputy clerk for the Town of Windham and has served for the past 29 years as Windham Town Clerk.

Four candidates are vying for two available seats on the RSU 14 Board of Directors. Marjorie Govoni, Joseph Kellner, Dawn Miller, and Justin Whynot are competing for three-year terms on the school board representing Windham.

Govoni served on the school board from 2008 to 2022, when she finished third among three candidates seeking election for two school board positions. She was appointed by the Windham Town Council to serve out the remainder of the term of a school board member who resigned earlier this year.

Kellner currently serves as the vice president of finance, operations, and strategy for Northern Light Home Care and Hospice, Northern Light Medical Transport, is the chief financial officer of LifeFlight of Maine and the chief operating officer for MedComm. He will begin a new role as the Chief Executive Officer of LifeFlight of Maine in October.

Miller graduated from the University of Maine in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. She has worked as a personal trainer, the foster coordinator for an animal rescue, and owns and operates a food truck business.

Whynot is a lifelong resident of Windham and has served as a Youth Group Leader, Children’s Church Leader, a Camp Counselor, and a Coach. He is the Co-Director of the Parents’ Rights Maine organization and the Vice Chair of the Maine chapter of Moms for Liberty.

All candidates will be sent a questionnaire by The Windham Eagle newspaper for an in-depth profile which will be published in October prior to the election.

Voting in Windham will be on Nov. 7 at Windham High School and the State of Maine will have a referendum ballot for November as well, along with a citizen’s referendum calling to establish local recall procedures for elected officials.

To participate in elections, residents must be registered to vote.

No candidates will be on the ballot in Raymond in November. <