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| Christine Rafal speaks at an electoral forum held by Centro Presente. ~Photo by Tom Nash |
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By Tom Nash
Christine
Rafal defeated incumbent Jamie Norton for the Ward 4 School Committee
seat on Tuesday, while Ward 5 challenger Anna Lavanga lost to incumbent
Mark Niedergang.
Norton, editor of The Somerville News and
co-owner of real estate company ERA The Norton Group, had served in the
position since 2007 after winning a sticker race against incumbent
Charlene Harris. Harris was also forced to run a write-in campaign
after failing to turn in election paperwork. He previously served in
the position from 1994-95 after an unsuccessful run in 1989.
Rafal,
a curriculum writer active in the Somerville Public Schools community,
defeated Norton by 135 votes out of the 1,115 votes cast for the
position.
Lavanga, former vice president of the John F. Kennedy
School Parent-Teacher Association, garnered 383 votes against
Niedergang's 1,029.
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