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...nine-member council, which will elect a mayor from among its own ranks, is split 4-4 between the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) liberals represented by Duehay and the more conservative faction represented by Sullivan and Russell...
Vellucci, a veteran political leader who often votes with the council's liberal wing but who refuses to run on the CCA slate, is in the middle...
...shake the elitist label is to disguise the CCA a little, to change its focus from a good-government "progressive" group to one that simply takes liberal positions on the big issues of the day. In this election, everyone was talking about rent control and condominium conversion; the CCA should have focused on those issues more strongly in its literature. At the very least, old-line CCA members should swallow their pride and return to the "Cambridge Convention" label adopted years ago. Hiding the CCA name probably won't mystify supporters, but it may calm those in other parts...
Increasing slate loyalty among black voters is another way the CCA could improve its electoral performance. Three black candidates--Saundra Graham. Alvin Thompson and Severlin Singleton--ran for council this year. Only one, incumbent Graham, was elected. The second-choice votes on the ballots cast for all three tended to be for one of the other black candidates. Often voters chose the three blacks and didn't bother to vote past that. How to pick up stronger slate support from black voters is a tricky problem, but one the CCA must address if it wants the few hundred votes that...
...five seats would make the CCA really happy. There is plenty of reason for jubilation among Cambridge liberals this week--they did better than ever before. But the biggest party will come the day the CCA captures five seats on the city council...