-- The Right Choice --

Wicked Local Cambridge, November 6, 2009

Almost 48 hours after polls closed, the Cambridge Election Commission announced the unofficial winners of the 2009 City Council and School Committee elections. Among the highlights:

Leland Cheung, a 31-year-old joint MBA student at Harvard and MIT, will become the first Asian-American city councilor in Cambridge's history.
Marjorie Decker, who launched a write-in campaign after missing the ballot deadline, was reelected.

Henrietta Davis topped the ticket.

Neighborhood activist Larry Ward, who filled the seat of Brian Murphy after Murphy left for a state job, was not elected.

Decker's write-in campaign was the primary reason election results were not available Tuesday night.

For City Council:

Davis, Henrietta 0 1595 ELECTED -- 1st count

Simmons, E. Denise 0 1595 ELECTED -- 1st count

Toomey, Jr., Timothy J. 0 1595 ELECTED -- 1st count

Kelley, Craig A. 0 1595 ELECTED -- 14th count

Maher, David P. 0 1595 ELECTED -- 15th count

Reeves, Kenneth E. 0 1595 ELECTED -- 15th count

Seidel, Sam +15 1595 ELECTED -- 16th count

Decker, Marjorie C. +79 1595 ELECTED -- 16th count

Cheung, Leland +213 1540 ELECTED -- 16th count

For School Committee:

Harding, Jr., Richard 0 2203 ELECTED -- 5th count

Tauber, Nancy 0 2203 ELECTED -- 5th count

McGovern, Marc C. 0 2203 ELECTED -- 5th count

Fantini, Alfred B. +30 2203 ELECTED -- 6th count

Nolan, Patricia M. +182 2203 ELECTED -- 6th count

Turkel, Alice L. +38 2203 ELECTED -- 6th count