Wolf Is Assured November Victory

With no Republican challenger in sight and a 94 percent Democratic electoral base, Alice K. Wolf, the 27th Middlesex District's Democratic nominee for state representative, is assured smooth sailing to Beacon Hill.

Wolf barely slipped past Democratic challenger Anthony D. Galluccio with 90-vote victory in last week's primary election.

But with that hotly contested race behind her, Wolf, a former Cambridge mayor, still plans to campaign for November's general election.

Only this time, Wolf said, she will take a personal apporach to campaigning, devoting time to work with a statewide coordinated campaign to elect Democratic represetatives in local, state, and national postions.

This statewide campaign has as its primary aim the re-election of John Kerry (D-Mass.) to the U.S. Senate and Bill Clinton to the White House.

Wolf said she will also take time to conduct a more personal campaign in which she hopes to address the concerns of a cross-section of citizens.

David Trumbull, chair of the Republican City Committee, said he attributes the lack of a Republican challenger for Wolf to the minuscule number of registerd Republicans in the 27th district.

"I don't see a Republican emerging in that district for some time," he said.

Trumbull estimated that only 6 percent of Middlesex County voters are registered Republicans.

The Also-Rans

With so few Republicans, last week's Democratic primary was the de facto election for the state seat.

Obviously disappointed with losing by such a slim margin, Galluccio nonetheless said he has no intention of appealing the election results.

Galluccio could have questioned the results on the basis that a new optical scanning machine was employed in this election to count ballots. At each precinct, the Cambridge Election Commission said that the results were available "in a matter of minutes."

But Galluccio, currently in his second term as Cambridge City Councillor, said he prides himself on having run a positive campaign.

Asked a whether Galluccio plans to run again for state-wide office, Galluccio campaign official Mike Daniliuk said, "No question about it.

Galluccio is presently occupied with plans for his second re-election run for the Cambridge City Council next year.

Michael Cavallo, who finished a distant third, said he was disappointed that local media gave him little coverage.

Cavallo said he hopes that, in the future, all candidates will be given a "level playing field."

Cavallo said he does not intend to run again for public office.