Cambridge Election 2017 Results: Delay Due To Data Crash

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Faulty data discs had local election officials recounting hundreds of votes through the early-morning hours, City Clerk Donna Lopez said late Tuesday night. For the first time in 15 years, the data discs crashed, she said.

Lopez said 448 ballots in Ward 7-2, 873 ballots in 8-1 and 1,139 ballots in 11-1 will all need to be rescanned.

"We have all cast ballots and we'll need to prepare new memory cards," she said.

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The preliminary results of the election were posted around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. E. Denise Simmons, Sumbul Siddiqui, Marc McGovern, Jan Devereux, Quinton Zondervan, Timothy Toomey, Jr., Alanna Mallon, Dennis Carlone and Craig Kelley were all elected to the City Council.

Patricia Nolan, Manikka Bowman, Emily Dexter, Alfred Fantini, Kathleen Kelly and Laurance Kimbrough were elected to the School Committee.

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After Cambridge City Councilors David Maher, Nadeem Mazen and Leland Cheung announced they would be not seeking reelection thius year, the Cambridge City Council race has grown crowded with 26 candidates vying for nine seats on the City Council.

Incumbents Jan Devereux, Dennis Carlone, Mayor E. Denise Simmons, Vice Mayor Marc McGovern , Craig Kelley and Tim Toomey are campaigning to keep their seats.

Today, polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. All absentee ballots (except overseas absentee ballots) must arrive at the Election Commission office by 8 p.m.

Ballot count begins at Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., after the polls close.

Overseas absentee ballots are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, but must be postmarked by Nov. 7. Ballots will be counted until Nov. 17, when overseas absentee ballots and provisional ballots are checked.

To check out profiles on all of the 26 candidates running for Cambridge City Council, check out the CCTV page here.

City Council candidates

• Ronald Benjamin
• Josh Burgin
• Dennis Carlone, seeking re-election
• Olivia D’Ambrosio
• Jan Devereux, seeking re-election
• Samuel Gebru
• Richard Harding Jr.
• Craig Kelley, seeking re-election
• Dan Lenke
• Ilan Levy
• Alanna Mallon
• Marc McGovern, seeking re-election
• Gregg Moree
• Adriane B. Musgrave
• Nadya Okamoto
• Hari Pillai
• Jeff Santos
• Sumbul Siddiqui
• E. Denise Simmons, seeking re-election
• Vatsady Sivongxay
• Bryan Sutton
• Sean Tierney
• Paul F. Toner
• Tim Toomey, seeking re-election
• Gwen Thomas Volmar
• Quinton Y. Zondervan

Preliminary list of School Committee candidates

• Manikka Bowman, seeking re-election
• Fran Cronin
• Jake Crutchfield
• Emily Dexter, seeking re-election
• Alfred Fantini, seeking re-election
• Elechi Kadete
• Kathleen Kelly, seeking re-election
• Laurance Kimbrough
• William MacArthur
• Piotr Mitros
• Patty Nolan, seeking re-election
• David J. Weinstein

For more information, visit http://cambridgema.gov/election.