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Michael A. Sullivan is second with three votes (his and those of Kenneth E. Reeves '72 and David P. Maher), while Anthony D. Galluccio has his own vote and Timothy J. Toomey Jr's.
The council will vote again at its Monday night meeting, and will continue re-voting until at least five members support one mayor. Until that point, senior council member Reeves will serve as acting mayor of the city.
The mayor holds relatively little power under the city's "Plan E" form of government. Beyond his or her ceremonial functions, he or she simply chairs both the City Council and the School Committee.
Monday's vote fell along party lines. The progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) slate of Born, Braude and Davis and unaffiliated progressive Decker supported Born, while the more conservative but still left-of-center Independent vote--Galluccio, Maher, Sullivan and Toomey--was split between Galluccio and Sullivan.
Council observers said the outcome of this year's mayoral race is hard to predict.