U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander talks with Robert Maccini outside the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Concord on Tuesday morning. Credit: Geoff Forester / For the Monitor

City reporter Catherine McLaughlin and State House reporter Charlotte Matherly spearheaded the bulk of the Monitor’s election coverage, bringing readers inside polling locations ahead of and on Election Day.

By and large, incumbents swept this municipal election, with Mayor Byron Champlin, school board member Cara Meeker and Councilors Fred Keach and Kris Schultz defeating challengers and maintaining their seats. But some newcomers, including first-time candidate Fisto Ndayishimiye, performed impressively, signaling residents’ receptiveness to change.

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