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When Eric L. Davin ran for the school committee two years ago, he was a "closet socialist." Now he's running for the city council on the Cambridge Convention slate, but this time is an "out-front" socialist, trying to promote radical change...
...relative unity of Cambridge progressives this year. Frustrated by their defeat two years ago, reform elements--backed by professional and university-affiliated groups in the city--have submerged their differences in an issue-oriented coalition under the banner of Cambridge Convention '75. Last spring the convention endorsed a slate composed of the four incumbent liberal councilors--Duehay, Barbara Ackermann, Saundra Graham and David A. Wylie--and four others, in an effort to improve their chances of capturing a majority of the city council...
...split in the ranks of the Independents, old-style Democrats who draw their strength from working-class and ethnic sections of the city. Last time the five Independent councilors--Sullivan, Daniel J. Clinton, Thomas W. Danehy, Alfred E. Vellucci and Leonard J. Russell--ran together on an "Independent Slate;" this alliance was splintered after the election, however, when Sullivan and Russell decided to support the liberals' choice for city manager in return for their own election as mayor and vice-mayor...
...unseating of incumbents takes place this fall, the candidates to watch as the election returns drift slowly in (with PR voting, it often takes a week to figure out the winners) will be the four non-incumbents on the CC '75 slate. Of the four-John Brode, David Clem, Eric Davin and Mary Ann Preusser-each claims that he or she will be the lucky winner if CC '75 picks up a fifth seat, and the complexity of Cambridge voting makes it hard to tell the bluffers from the true believers. All four, of course, embrace the CC '75 platform...
...response to the threat the conservatives formed an Independent slate, presenting a fairly unified front and encouraging voters to tick off their candidates down the line...