Reflecting on a Successful Campaign; Van Campen Begins Transition as Everett’s Mayor-Elect – Everett Independent

Reflecting on a Successful Campaign; Van Campen Begins Transition as Everett’s Mayor-Elect – Everett Independent

By Cary Shuman By the late summer, it became the most watched and most exciting mayoral race in Massachusetts, catching the full attention of the Boston media and area political observers. Ward 5 Councilor Robert Van Campen experienced the media spotlight early on election day when multiple television stations and reporters were at City Hall as he and his wife, Lisa Van Campen, voted at the polls that morning. Van Campen, who had made a triumpha…