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...MIDGE DECTER 188 pages. Coward, McCann...
...district, which includes Harvard Square and much of Cambridge, also takes in Belmont. Waltham and parts of Allston and Brighton. McCann's main opponent Cambridge School Committeeman David Wylie, ran 2237 votes behind the incumbent, in unofficial returns. Two years earlier Wylie lost to McCann by 1800 votes. McCann seems certain of re-election as he faces only token Republican opposition in November...
John Hogan '73, mounted an aggressive campaign, yet failed to produce a sizable vote anywhere except in his home area Allston-Brighton. Hogan carried Ward 22 in that area by about 1000 votes over McCann and Wylie, but trailed far behind in the other parts of the district. In Cambridge, Hogan only got 553 votes to 5221 for McCann and 3701 for Wylie...
...past, McCann's base of support in North Cambridge turned out for him. In the 11th Ward, for example, McCann got 1536 votes to only 313 for Wylie. Hogan, who has many relatives who grew up in North Cambridge, only could manage 128 votes in the 11th Ward...
From the way his concession speech sounded Tuesday night, it doesn't seem likely that Wylie will ever choose to do battle with McCann again. Wylie will have to face Hogan's brother today at 9:30 a.m. in Brighton District Court. A hearing will be held at that time on Joseph Hogan's complaint that Wylie assaulted him two Saturday's ago while he was campaigning at a Brighton Shopping center...