Word: turkel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alice L. Turkel was the only School Committee candidate to reach quorum at first tally with 2,684 votes. She was followed after subsequent counts by Susana M. Segat; E. Denise Simmons; challenger Robin A. Harris, who unseated incumbent Alfred Fantini; David P. Maher and Joseph G. Grassi...
...Turkel, the top vote-getter for school committee, said interpreting the new first-count results proved challenging...
...point we didn't think Denise [Simmons] was going to make it, but then she came in third and we were knocked off our feet," Turkel said...
...Alice L. Turkel, a member of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), received the most votes. Robin A. Harris, a sixth grade teacher at the Benjamin Bennaken charter-school, upset incumbent Alfred B. Fantini to give the CCA a two-seat majority on the six-member committee. Joseph G. Grassi, David P. Maher, Susana M. Segat and Denise Simmons also won seats on the committee. The results are expected to be made official tomorrow...
SCHOOL COMMITTEE RACEA. Fiona McKinnonGraphicName #1 VotesAlice Turkel 2,656Susana M. Segat 2,581David P. Maher 2,152Joseph G. Grassi 2,046Denise Simmons 2,026Robin A. Harris 1,972Alfred B. Fantini 1,740Charles L. Stead, Sr. 953Source: Cambridge Election Commission, unofficial first tally of No. 1 votes, based on 42 of 42 voting precincts reporting