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Albano led in both Somerville and Medford after the ballots were first counted in what was considered a mammoth upset over Piro, who defeated Albano in the September Democratic primary...
...Somerville count follows a Sunday night recount in Medford which showed Albano increasing his margin in the city from 5 to 221 votes over Piro (D-Somerville). Albano led Piro by 1831 votes overall in the original tally...
While the Somerville count continued into the night, Piro aides continued to question the completed Medford recount...
Martin B. Dropkin, co-counsel for the Piro campaign, said that "regardless of the issue of the write-in ballots", the counting of the Medford ballots had many "irregularities and inconsistencies...
...When we have a recount in a community the size of Medford, normally the change is only about 20 or 30 votes. In this particular recount, Albano gained 600 and Piro-400," he said...