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Following three weeks of speculation, Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker officially announced yesterday her candidacy in the May 11 special election for former State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio’s currently vacant seat.
State Representative Alice K. Wolf, who is supporting Decker in this election, praised her former legislative aide’s record as a member of the City Council.
“I’m wicked proud of Marjorie, considering all she’s been through—especially with the write-in election,” she said.
The other important voting bloc is Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. With Rajapaksa and Fonseka expected to split the vote of the Sinhalese Buddhist majority, Tamils could become kingmakers. But election monitors have serious concerns about their access to the polls. There are about 170,000 recently resettled war refugees...
The immediate aftermath of the election is likely to be tense no matter what the outcome, and the winner will have very little time to bask in the glory. He will lead a country battered by a bloody finale to the war and a tottering economy, and a people in...