Commission Confirms Nine Incumbent Victories

The Cambridge Election Commission confirmed yesterday that all nine incumbents won election to the City Council.

After spending yesterday counting irregular ballots that could not be read by the city's computerized counting system, officials confirmed that Anthony D. Galluccio was the top vote-getter with 2,449 votes.

Cambridge operates on a system of proportional representation whereby voters rank their choices and votes are redistributed to the next top pick when a candidate loses.

The nine candidates with the most votes with spots on the council. The victory quota in this year's race was 1,688 votes. Galluccio, Francis H. Duehay '55, Katherine Triantafillou, Timothy J. Toomey Jr. and Michael Sullivan reached the quota after the first round of counting.

Sheila Doyle Russell, Kathleen L. Born, Kenneth E. Reeves '72 and Henrietta E. Davis won their seats in later rounds of redistribution.

The votes for the School Committee were tallied last night but remain unofficial pending the approval of the city auditor and the election commission, said A. Lee Valetine '93, a first-year student at the GSE and consultant for Veritas.

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.