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These three candidates and Independent Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. (photo not available) are still eligible for the three remaining council seats. Incumbent Thomas W. Danehy has 1617 votes, which will be transferred to the remaining candidates this morning. Candidates who meet the quota--2696 votes--are declared elected. Should no one meet quota after Danehy's votes are transferred, the top three vote-getters will be declared elected. Walsh now has 2290 votes, Toomey 2129, Russell 1938, and LaRosa...
Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, a veteran of 20 Cambridge elections, predicted that the remaining seats would be distributed in accordance with the current first-choice vote rankings. That would mean a majority of five for the CCA, in addition to pro-tenant Independent Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. who is expected to side with the good-government group on most issues...
This year's election marks the first time since 1961 that Independent Councillor Walter J. Sullivan has not met the quota on the first count. Sullivan, almost always the city's top vote-getter, now leads the race for the third seat with approximately 2565 votes...
Sullivan, the top vote-getter in every electionfrom 1961 to 1987, received 3738 votes in 1975,making him the last candidate to beat Wolf's totalthis year...
City Council Vote (Preliminary Count...