Word: pitkin
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...City Council race, with a boost yesterday from the ballots that needed to be counted by hand, Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 successfully edged out local activist John Pitkin by 59 votes for the ninth seat on the council. After a preliminary count Tuesday night, Reeves had held only a 12-vote lead...
Traffic is slow for the Reeves duo but it’s not bustling for the CCA candidates either. After a while, Pitkin moves over to the nearby Peabody School, where he stays until almost noon. Then he goes to the Longfellow House precinct on Brattle Street, where a warden shoos him out of the precinct as he tries to check the vote...
After returning to 57 Inman to cast his ballot and then going home for a bite to eat, Pitkin hits the streets again. First he heads to the Fitzgerald School in North Cambridge to encourage his supporters...
...political wisdom, Pitkin actually meets face-to-face for the first time during the day with his campaign manager, Cecily McMillan ’79, who has worked full-time the last 10 weeks to pull off an effort that got off to a late start in July...
...candidate’s not done—he still has to visit precincts and rally his supporters’ spirits. At 8:15 p.m., nearly 13 hours after he arrived at 57 Inman Street this morning, Pitkin is ready to call it a day. He’s at home getting ready for his party and for the time being he’s inclined to watch the vote count on television...