Word: endedness
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The Cambridge City Council's game of musical chairs left all the incumbents sitting down as the ballot count ended Saturday afternoon.
But liberal candidates claimed a gain in popularity during this election, as shown by the close tenth-place finish of CCA challenger Jonathan S. Myers, who ended the race with 2004 votes compared to 2136 votes for the Council's only Black member, Saundra M. Graham.
Graham was six votes behind Myers when thefirst stage of the count ended late Friday night.In that process, workers redistributed the"surplus" of the three candidates who receivedmore number-one ballots than the the 2338 neededfor election.
Little love has been lost between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the AFL-CIO. The labor federation expelled the Teamsters on charges of corruption in 1957, precipitating raiding wars in which each side sought to increase membership at the other's expense. That rift ended last week, when the...
Edwards built a populist coalition of poor whites, labor and blacks who tolerated his political dealmaking and frequent forays to Las Vegas gaming tables. But the good times ended during a scandal-ridden third term that saw Edwards indicted twice on racketeering charges; one trial ended in a hung jury...