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This year's election marks the first time since 1961 that Independent Councillor Walter J. Sullivan has not met the quota on the first count. Sullivan, almost always the city's top vote-getter, now leads the race for the third seat with approximately 2565 votes...
Sullivan, the top vote-getter in every electionfrom 1961 to 1987, received 3738 votes in 1975,making him the last candidate to beat Wolf's totalthis year...
Although Sullivan is the city's top vote-getter in almost every council election, he cultivates a low profile in most council meetings and almost never speaks. His explanation is that he prefers to focus on constituent concerns, rather than waste time on long debates...
Meanwhile, one candidate says he is not concerned by unusual nature of this year's election. For Councillor Walter J. Sullivan, the longest serving member after Vellucci, the 1989 council race is just like any other. And he's been the city's top vote-getter in nearly every election...
...wouldn't be the top vote getter if the people didn't know me," Sullivan says. "I'm out there every day meeting people. Every days is a campaign...