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May 31, 2023

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Mayor, Ward 2, and Ward 3 Races in Cambridge Head to Dec. 1 Run-Off Elections

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Roche earns Ward 1 seat, Cephas wins in Ward 4, Malkus unopposed in Ward 5

Cambridge Mayor Victoria Jackson-Stanley will face Andrew Bradshaw in a Dec. 1 run-off election.

The incumbent mayor got 40.62% of the vote on Oct. 17, Bradshaw had 27.79%, La-Shon Banks Foster had 19.27%, and Robert S. Larimer had 12.32%.

Since no mayoral candidate won 50%+1 of the vote in the first round, the two candidates with the highest vote counts move on to the run-off election. The same process occurred in Wards 2 and 3.

In Ward 2, incumbent Commissioner Donald Sydnor (38.84%) will face Lajan Natasha Cephas (30.28%) in the run-off election. Paul F. Baiers Jr. had 16.93% of the vote and Tyzann Meekins had 13.94%.

In Ward 3, Gary T. Gordy (39.24%) and Jameson Harrington (30.59%) move on to the run-off election. Harrington barely edged out Duane Farrow, who had 30.17% of the vote. Harrington had 144 votes to 142 for Farrow.

Brian Roche, with 61.59% of the vote, was elected commissioner in Ward 1. Sharon B. Smith had 26.81% and Tom Bradley had 11.59%.

With only two candidates in Ward 4, Sputty Cephas (51.14%) narrowly defeated incumbent Dave Cannon (48.86%).

Chad Malkus was unopposed in Ward 5.

Election officials verified the results of the Saturday election on Monday, beginning the process at 10 a.m.

The Dec. 1 run-off election will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Chesapeake College center in downtown Cambridge. It will be a mail-in election, with all previously registered voters being mailed a ballot during the first week of November. Voted ballots may be returned by mail or dropped off on Dec. 1 at Chesapeake College.

City Manager Patrick Comiskey will discuss the election at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. View the program here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTChlDYAnxg

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Half of Cambridge Races Headed to Dec. 1 Run-off Elections

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Mayor, Ward 2, Ward 3 choices will be narrowed to two

Preliminary results released Saturday night in the Cambridge city election show two clear winners in the six races. Three races will be decided in Dec. 1 run-off elections.

In the mayoral race, incumbent Victoria Jackson-Stanley leads with 40.59% of the vote.

With more than two candidates in the race, a candidate needed to have more than 50 percent of the vote to win during the Oct. 17 election. Otherwise, the top two candidates will face voters again on Dec. 1.

Preliminary results in the Oct. 17 Cambridge municipal election are seen in this printout. City of Cambridge Facebook post

Jackson-Stanley will face Andrew Bradshaw on Dec. 1. Bradshaw had 27.83% of the vote in the mayoral race, followed by 19.22% for La-Shon Banks-Foster, and 12.35% for Robert S. Larimer.

In Ward 1, Brian Roche had 61.55% of the vote and has won the seat in the first round of voting. Sharon B. Smith had 26.84% and Tom Bradley had 11.61%.

Incumbent Ward 2 Commissioner Donald Sydnor (39.16%) will face challenger Lajan Natasha Cepas (29.92%) on Dec. 1. They were trailed by Paul F. Baiers Jr. (16.87%) and Tyzann Meekins (14.06%).

In the Ward 3 race, Gary T. Gordy (39.28%) will move on to the Dec. 1 election, but his likely opponent is too close to call. Jameson Harrington had 30.57% of the vote in the preliminary Oct. 17 count, while Duane Farrow had 30.15%.

The Ward 4 race also is too close to call. Sputty Cephas is leading with 51.14% of the vote to 48.86% for incumbent Dave Cannon.

An earlier count, posted to Facebook by mayoral candidate Robert S. Larimer, had Cannon at 50.10% and Cephas at 49.90%. The timestamp on the preliminary results from the voting machine posted by Larimer was 11:11 p.m.; the timestamp on the results posted by the city was 11:33 p.m.

Chad Malkus ran unopposed in Ward 5 and was elected commissioner for that ward.

Cambridge officials, in a Saturday night Facebook post, said the results will be certified at 10 a.m. Monday.

The city also noted that 2,939 people voted in the mayoral race and 2,787 in the five commissioner races, more than tripling the turnout from the 2016 city election.

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