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Most of the mayoral votes cast in the past few weeks have resulted in 4-4-1 ties, with Francis H. Duehay '55 and Sheila T. Russell garnering four votes apiece and outgoing mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 obtaining the remaining one.
Reeves, formerly a member of the CCA, broke with that party in 1994 to claim a second term as mayor with the Independents. Described by others as fiercely determined to win a third consecutive term as mayor, Reeves has cast the tie-breaking vote for himself.
"Reeves keeps on voting for himself [because he] wants it his way, but the CCA wants it their way and the Independents want it their way," Bohn-Hayden says.
Vellucci says the selection of Cambridge's mayor is typically a long and complicated process and that no stigma should be attached to voting for oneself, as Reeves is doing.
Many councillors say they believe that Reeves has had his chance and that it is now time for someone else to become mayor.