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...more importantly, Cyr's victory clinched a council majority for candidates endorsed by the progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) for the second time in city history...
...Young Independents in ties and button-down shirts hung out next to scruffy members of the liberal Cambridge Tenants Union (CTU), snacking on baklava and cookies from the Longfellow PTA bake sale set up outside the gym. Conservative Independents joked with members of the progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), although Vellucci, an Independent, and Cyr, a member of the CCA, are currently battling it out for the crucial ninth council seat, which will give one group a majority on the council...
...CCA currently holds the council majority, and at this point all of the incumbents except for Cyr are virtually assured reelection...
...Independents were considered likely to benefit from the low turnout because they draw their strength from individual loyal constituents and long-time townies with established municipal interests, while the CCA candidates appeal to the upscale and university sectors, who would be likely to vote in small numbers in an election such as this one, where no clear issue has emerged...
...longtime city activist Michael Turk, president of the Cambridge Tenants' Union, pointed to the strong showings of Wolf, Duehay, Myers and Reeves to indicate that the pro-rent control CCA has a strong mandate for the upcoming council term...