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...CCA-endorsed councillors are incumbents Francis H. Duehay '55, Jonathan S. Myers and Kenneth E. Reeves '72 and newcomers Kathleen L. Born and Katherine Triantafillou...
Political observers say Born and Triantafillou likely benefited from the vote that would have gone to CCA-endorsed Councillor Alice K. Wolf had she soughtre-election. Wolf garnered the most votes in the1991 election, and her absence this year left avoid for progressive women...
Traditionally, people who list a CCA-endorsedcandidate as their first choice usually list otherprogressive candidates as their other choices.People who list an Independent as first choicetend to list a wider variety of candidates asalternate choices...
...CCA President R. Philip Dowds said votesfor certain Independents were transferred tocandidates endorsed by the CCA because voters"recognized slates that didn't work" and would notsupport every Independent candidate just becausethey liked some of them...
Since the CCA has the majority on the new CityCouncil, they will likely choose an incumbent fromtheir own ranks to serve as mayor. This means thateither Duehay, Reeves or Myers will likely holdthe top spot next year...