Word: nonpartisan
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...Cambridge politics face an uphill battle, especially against incumbents. Nine council incumbents ran for re-election in 2003; all nine won.Winter predicts a similar result this year.“The probable outcome is that all the incumbents will be returned,” he says.And, although Cambridge holds nonpartisan elections, Republicans are at a stark disadvantage in Cambridge. Winters says that a Republican has not claimed a seat on the council in more than three decades.Even the head of Cambridge’s Republican City Committee says he doesn’t hold out much hope for Green...
...Schmidt says that Cambridge’s political system is technically nonpartisan, because few of the council candidates run as representatives of a party. And most issues of concern have local relevance—like zoning or Cambridge safety—rather than broad ideological implications...
...Even the Institute of Politics (IOP), which serves as a nonpartisan liaison between Harvard students and political figures of all stripes, rarely sets foot in the politics of its own city. The IOP has hosted “Hardball” tapings and policy forums broadcast on C-SPAN. But the president of the IOP’s Student Advisory Committee says the organization is not planning any events that include this year’s Cambridge City Council candidates...
...Bush's plan working? Yes, says the President, who calls last week's results "encouraging." That's debatable, says Jack Jennings of the Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan advocacy group. Early data show NCLB hasn't helped boost scores, he says, and the slowdown in improvement may suggest that "it might actually be holding some students back...
That Gingrich misled the committee by stating his course was nonpartisan and denying GOPAC was involved in its planning. The committee found his statements to be "inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable" and said he "should have known" they were...