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Yesterday, the commission redistributed the surplus votes of councillors Walter J. Sullivan and Edward A. Crane '35--the only two candidates thus far elected. Under the City's complex proportional representation voting system, this process of election of the top ranking candidates, elimination of the lower ranking ones, and redistribution of the votes will not be known until Monday at the earliest...
According to yesterday's preliminary, unofficial count by the Election Commission, Walter J. Sullivan and Edward A. Crane '35 have met the quota necessary for election under the City's complex proportional representation voting system. Sullivan, the perennial front-runner, once again finished first in "number one votes," with an unofficial total of 4083. Crane received 3165 "number ones...
Nonetheless, through the smoke of the individual campaigns, certain trends emerge. The position of the Council minority apears fairly secure. Both Crane and Mahoney (an M.I.T. professor) have power bases which are relatively wide for Cambridge. They gain a sizeable amount of "number ones" from Brattle Street. Support from scattered neighborhoods of middle-class Irish also comes their way. Crane in particular appears a sure bet; he has finished in the top two for the past four elections and holds the record for number one votes...
...advertisements of Danehy have taken the Crane line, stressing the rising tax rates of Cambridge. If Danehy gets on the Council, it would probably tip the scales in favor of the anti-DeGuglielmo forces...
...interval between the elections and the seating of the new Council in January, 1968, will probably see much jockeying for position by the Crane and DeGuglielmo factions. (It was during this period, two years ago, that DeGuglielmo lined up the five votes which made him City Manager...