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Based on an analysis of the 2007 election results, Larry Ward, a licensed counselor, is likely to be Murphy’s replacement, said local political commentator Robert Winters.
The Cambridge Election Commission will hold a vacancy recount to officially determine Murphy’s replacement on Feb. 24.
Cambridge uses a proportional representation election system, in which voters rank all candidates in order of preference.
To determine Murphy’s replacement, the election commission will look at only those ballots that were awarded to Murphy in the general election—ballots that ranked him first, or above any extremely low scoring candidate.
Winters, who publishes political analysis in the online Cambridge Civic Journal, said he has run the election commission’s software using the 2007 election results, and found that Ward will win the vacancy recount.