After a contentious campaign, a ballot question, which would have overturned the city council's decision to develop the land, failed.

Standing among a crowd of supporters at the local Italian-American social club, Reichelt said said he was re-elected because he followed through on his vision and plan to make West Springfield a better place to live.

Michael McCabe said his priorities in his third term as mayor of Westfield, include a new police department building, a new hospital emergency department and getting the state to develop the Westfield exit off the Mass Turnpike.

Sciarra won just 76 votes ahead of her opponent Jillian Duclos in Northampton's mayoral contest.

Easthampton's interim mayor Salem Derby defeated Lindsi Sekula and Jason "J.T." Tirrell on Tuesday in a race that saw heavy turnout.

Four of the five at-large city councilors earned another term during Tuesday's election, and all but one councilor representing a ward also will be returning for the new term in January.

Macksey's opponent, Scott Berglund, said he is proud of how he ran his first political campaign.

It's Election Day and many Western Mass. communities have races, including five contested mayoral races.

There is an at-large city council race pitting 5 incumbents against three challengers and several ward races for city council and school committee.

Municipal elections in Westfield are non partisan, but 63-year-old Mayor Michael McCabe lists himself as a Republican, according to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. His opponent, 39-year-old Andrew Mullen is a Democrat, and has no record of donations or expenditures.