City & town

Mayor, City of Woonsocket

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The city's elected chief executive, chosen on a nonpartisan ballot, who oversees city departments, appoints department heads and proposes the annual budget.

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Daniel Mark Gendron

No party listed

Woonsocket City Council president

The gist

Pledges a day-one plan to address homelessness.
Pledges to fill open City Hall positions on day one.
Opposes maximum tax increases and depleted city cash reserves.
Led council work to build a new water treatment plant.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Pledges a day-one plan to address homelessness.
A look at Woonsocket's mayoral candidates
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“I have a plan in place that will be implemented day one that will correct the homelessness issue.”
Pledges to fill open City Hall positions on day one.
A look at Woonsocket's mayoral candidates
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“I have individuals who are ready to come in on day one to fill some of the open positions”
Opposes maximum tax increases and depleted city cash reserves.
Gendron announces run for mayor's office in Woonsocket
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“Cash reserves have been depleted, audits remain incomplete … residents continue facing tax increases at the maximum levels allowed by law”
Led council work to build a new water treatment plant.
Gendron announces run for mayor's office in Woonsocket
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“worked tirelessly to relocate and build a new water treatment plant”

Christopher Alan Beauchamp

No party listedIncumbent

Mayor of Woonsocket

The gist

Supports developers buying and reusing the city's historic buildings.
Supports higher city pay to recruit and keep employees.
Led a homelessness task force and the Situation Table program.In office
Led release of a city economic development roadmap.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Supports developers buying and reusing the city's historic buildings.
A look at Woonsocket's mayoral candidates
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“I am proud of developers coming into this city, looking to buy some of our buildings that have great architecture”
Supports higher city pay to recruit and keep employees.
A look at Woonsocket's mayoral candidates
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“We are in the bottom third pay scale of the surrounding cities and towns, which is why you see good people come and leave”
Led a homelessness task force and the Situation Table program.
A look at Woonsocket's mayoral candidates
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“We started the Situation Table, which has helped over 200 people”
Led release of a city economic development roadmap.
A look at Woonsocket's mayoral candidates
News coverage · The Valley Breeze · valleybreeze.com
“Beauchamp also recently released an economic roadmap for the city”

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