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Ward 19 & 23 both give us former Liberal MPs. They've both left federal politics during the Liberals' current lurch to the right—hopefully they vote like progressives on council, not like the city's Badford-endorsing Carney-conservative MPs.
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Very sad to see Myers go in Scarborough Agincourt, & crushed to see @KevinRupasinghe just barely miss in ward 20.
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@oliviachow has won a huge mandate for her progressive promises. Council has some absolute power pinkos in @DianaCMcNally @chipadovani @BravoDavenport @m_layton Strikuts & @SaraTorDan. Let's help them hold Chow's feet to the fire & deliver more progressive wins than ever before!
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Wards 10, 11, 12 gave us no surprises. Huge congrats to @DianaYoonTO for running a great campaign, and having the spine not to flee across the river when she saw the name "Layton."
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Progressive @SaraTorDan took Ward 14 Toronto Danforth, with Diane Saxe showing that you can't parachute into a riding across the river & expect to win. One less anti-homeless, anti-drug user, anti-Charter ghoul on council.
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Ward 13 Toronto Centre fills me with pride! Curran Stikuts beat out Chris "AIDS Activists Are Too Noisy About the AIDS Memorial" Moise, the developer-friendly incumbent. Still, Tate's 15% of the vote is terrifying.
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Signs don't mean votes; signs mean cash & volunteers with cars. Anecdotally, those signs were on public land; in the windows of businesses; in front of recently sold or renovated homes; in front of known AirBnBs; & as it was put to me, "houses with no lights on at night."
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I have big (but hopefully realistic) expectations for Bravo's 2nd term. For a first term cllr (as @GraphicMatt's "Council Power Rankings" has shown), Bravo punches way above her weight. I've seen her in the community for YEARS & feel listened to by her & her office.
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I'm gonna linger on my homeland, Ward 9 Davenport. We sent @BravoDavenport back to City Hall. Bravo has been a huge advocate for our ward, a principled voice on council & delivered big wins for us. Brava, Bravo! Bravissima!
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Ward 5 York South Weston is a massive victory. Toronto doesn't just have tenants on council: we have a tenant organizer! @chipadovani defeated the dinosaur by ending Nunziata's decades-long incumbency. As a @TenantsUnionTO member, sono molto, molto fiero!
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Ward 1 Etobicoke Lakeshore put no-show conservative Crisanti back on council, missing the opportunity to elect Toronto's mightiest politician, @chloebrown4TO. I still believe we will see "Toronto's Mamdani" in office.
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Ward 4 Parkdale High Park chose the brilliant @DianaCMcNally by a BIG margin. This city has few bigger advocates & harder fighters for unhoused ppl. I've admired COUNCILLOR Chan McNally for a really long time; I am over the moon.
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Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre: you can't disappoint me if I already know you're going to let me down. The Holyday dynasty continues to reign.
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I was delighted to participate in @TheLocal_TO's "Ward Watchers," which recruited people in every ward to send in the election literature we received in the mail— a mysterious, under-reported-on feature.
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@avilewis is right: the NDP's strength is its people, its members. The (sometimes loosely or informally) NDP-affiliated candidates, volunteers & networks helped make some big wins. I hope the party celebrates that success & takes it to heart.
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Big winner: the @NDP-affiliated GOTV Machine. On election day, that's who I saw out on the street, who knocked on my door & who dropped off flyers. A lot of familiar faces using familiar know-how working out of familiar houses.
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