The process to elect a new mayor for Cambridge will take a bit longer with the former Cambridge Commissioner Steve Rideout nor state Senator Addie Eckardt winning the needed majority without a runoff election.
Rideout received 486 votes and Eckardt received 403 votes, 35.21% and 30.32%. LaShon Banks-Foster received 266 votes (20.02%); Robert Larimer got 120 votes (9.03%); Laurel Atkiss received 61 votes (4.59%); and Lee Travers had 11 votes (0.83%).
The runoff election to be held on Sept. 20.
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