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...light of these issues, the candidates for the city councillor posts—including several first-time candidates and all current incumbents??€”have been proposing suggestions to improve Cambridge schools, energy use, city finances, and city administration...
...fewer votes dissatisfied with their roles. Last spring, UC members voted to protect their incumbency advantage rather than allocate candidate slots more efficiently. We hope that this time around they are able to put their personal interest aside—even if dissolving a committee means costing jobs for incumbents??€”and be responsible to their constituents and their school. This new slimmer and sleeker UC will be more effective and more responsive to campus needs serving the best interest of Harvard College as a whole...
...night, all bets were off. After the first-place votes had been tallied, mouths hung agape in the Cambridge Senior Center, where the city’s political classes gather every two years for the ballot count. Sitting in eighth place—ahead of two council incumbents??€”was first-time challenger Matthew S. DeBergalis, a then-26-year-old MIT graduate who had focused his campaign on student issues. DeBergalis missed the final cut by 137 votes, but his unexpected success demonstrated that the power of incumbency in Cambridge was not invincible, if the right candidate came...
...resting on their laurels.In an election with all nine incumbents hoping to renew their terms and several challengers pushing for council seats, electoral success is far from guaranteed, even for the most seasoned of politicos.This past weekend, The Crimson followed three of this year’s council incumbents??€”Kennedy School of Government (KSG) student and current Vice Mayor Marjorie C. Decker, Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, and Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72—as they burned through the last of their shoe leather in hopes...
Candidates for next week’s Cambridge City Council election—incumbents and challengers alike—listed housing affordability, taxes, and education as top local issues at a candidates’ forum last night. Challengers sharply criticized incumbents??€™ stances on these issues and others at the event, which was hosted by the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association (MCNA) at the Cambridge Senior Center in Central Square. Eighteen candidates are vying for the council’s nine spots in the Nov. 8 election. This includes all nine current council members. Critical challengers denounced the current council...