As SAG-AFTRA's race for national president continues and the guild seeks to elect Fran Drescher‘s successor, the results of the New England local election and others are providing some notable insights into how the 160,000-strong national union is likely to vote come September 12.
Incumbent national board member Bill Mootos has once again been reelected in New England by a very wide margin, with 495 votes to challenger Chuck Slavin's 203. These results are almost identical to those of the 2021 New England election, as were the results of the race for New England local president, where Slavin once again lost his bid to unseat Andrea Lyman. This year, Lyman received 489 votes to Slavin’s 209.
Slavin is currently also running against Sean Astin for national president.
What’s notable in the New England election results is that Slavin was also unseated from the local board and convention delegation for the first time in more than a decade. In both races, he missed the mark by about 20 votes or less. Of the local’s 2,857 members, SAG-AFTRA says 713 returned their ballots. >>>Incumbents Doing Well | 
