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Toronto votes in tight mayoral race as Chow looks to hold off Bradford
Advance voting surged 72% as polls show a dead heat between Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford in one of Toronto’s tightest mayoral races.
- Toronto voters head to the polls on Monday to decide a tight mayoral race between incumbent Mayor Olivia Chow and City Councillor Brad Bradford, one of the most competitive re-election bids since the city's 1998 amalgamation.
- Bradford positioned himself to Chow's political right, emphasizing crime, transit safety, and traffic congestion while criticizing her tax hikes and promising a one-year property tax freeze to differentiate his platform.
- More than 220,000 people cast early votes, a nearly 72 per cent increase over the 2023 byelection. Chow's campaign highlighted accomplishments including a transit fare freeze, reduced 911 wait times, and a deal to upload city expressway costs to the province.
- Premier Doug Ford stopped short of endorsing Chow, telling reporters to "read between the lines" regarding their relationship, while the province recently moved to overhaul bike lanes and expand Toronto's island airport.
- Polls open Monday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. as Toronto Metropolitan University professor Myer Siemiatycki notes the race mirrors broader Canadian political dissatisfaction, citing recent incumbent defeats in British Columbia and Quebec.
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More than two million Torontons will elect a mayor and 25 councillors in a city where nearly half of the population is immigrant.
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Total News Sources22
Leaning Left20Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution95% Left
Bias Distribution
- 95% of the sources lean Left
95% Left
L 95%
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