Galluccio, like Walsh, is an independent. He will maintain the council's balance of power between independent councillors and those supported by the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA).
"They've always said their concern was to maintain economic diversity," Galluccio says of the left-wing group. "Well, Cambridge has been becoming two separate cities for a long time. If the CCA is truly progressive, they're not going to have any problems with my policies."
Walsh says he agrees with Galluccio on most political issues and is pleased that Galluccio won the vote recount to replace him.
"I hope he will continue what I was trying to do," Walsh says. "He's got a damn good foundation."
CCA President R. Philip Dowds says he had not met Galluccio but had read his campaign literature.
"He ran a campaign which is basically saying that he wanted to be Bill Walsh's replacement," Dowds says. "It will be interesting to see what rent control foes do for a political career now that they don't have rent control to kick around anymore."