Reeves is a former CCA member but is now unaffiliated.
Council observers said the outcome of this year's mayoral race is hard to predict.
"[It's] the most evenly split three-way race that I've seen in a long time," said Robert Winters, publisher of the on-line Cambridge Civic Journal. "It's a tough one to call."
Winters foresaw several possible situations: To break the stalemate, Galluccio or Toomey could give Born the fifth vote she needs; or the CCA might lend its votes to Galluccio in order to keep Sullivan from the mayorship.
The main reason that councillors might shift their votes, he said, is to prevent Reeves, "the wild card," from having the deciding vote.
Another local politico questioned Decker's commitment to Born.
"I don't take it as a given that Born's got Decker throughout," said Thomas S. Rafferty, one of the hosts of the political talk show "Cambridge Inside Out."
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