The town clerk said 499 voters, or 38 percent, of the town's 1,283 registered voters cast ballots.
WALES - Voters elected a new selectman in Tuesday's annual election.
Edward Boyce, of 81 Haynes Hill Road, received the most votes for selectman by a wide margin with 301, according to Town Clerk Leis A. Phinney. The term is for three years.
Karen Blasco, of 35 Lake George Road, received 97 votes; former selectman Richard J. Learned, of 59 Mt. Hitchcock Road, received 76 votes; and Lynne Serrenho, of 48 Tiderman Road, who ended up withdrawing from the race, got 10 votes.
There was a vacancy on the Board of Selectmen because Michael J. Valanzola did not seek reelection.
In the U.S. Senate race, voters picked Republican Gabriel Gomez over Democrat Edward Markey, 271 to 217. Markey won the seat, however, receiving at least 55 percent of the vote statewide.
Phinney said 499 voters, or 38 percent, of the town's 1,283 registered voters cast ballots.
"We had a very good turnout. It was somewhat higher than the average for the town," Phinney said.