THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, November 8, 2019 Page 3 Drama, strife, irony – Malden’s City Council ward races had it all By Barbara Taormina T hree ward races for seats on the City Council ended with stories that won’t and shouldn’t be forgotten. In Ward 3, Metropolitan Area Planning Council Communications Director Amanda Linehan won a highly competitive race over Community Preservation Committee Chair Julianne Orsino by 31 votes. Linehan’s margin of victory was less than half of the 65 blanks counted in the race. “We are thrilled that our eight months of hard work paid off with a win, and we look forward to bringing a progressive voice to the City Council,” said Linehan, who encouraged Ward 3 residents to reach out to her anytime. Linehan congratulated all the candidates and campaigners in this year’s election, especially fi rst-time candidates who took a chance and threw their hats into the ring. “Giving voters real choices in local elections is important for a healthy democracy, and I applaud all those who ran to serve Malden,” she said. Ward 3 voters had a real choice between Linehan – a pro-growth advocate for affordable housing who ran a well-funded and professional campaign with a consultant, campaign software and an original logo designed for mailings – and Orsino, a slow-growth proponent who ran a grassroots campaign with a Malden-fi rst approach to residential development. Still, the vote was essentially split, and Linehan will need to fi nd ways to connect with residents who supported Orsino. Ward 5 incumbent Barbara Murphy won her bid for another term over challenger Danyal Najmi with 65 percent of the vote, which was just shy of a two-to-one margin. “I was pleased to see the support from the ward for me and the platform I stand for,” said Murphy, who thanked Ward 5 voters for their continued faith in her. During her time on the City Council, Murphy has racked up a long list of accomplishments that includes creating the community garden, establishing a citywide 25-mileper-hour speed limit and launching the City Council’s Waterfront Access Committee. Her campaign stressed local quality-of-life issues and her vision for Malden as a community of strong neighborhoods. Najmi’s campaign focused on the regional housing shortage and solutions, such as easing zoning restrictions to allow homeowners to add in-law apartments to their property and developing new housing projects on the Malden Hospital site and along the Malden River. 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