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Michael Taube: Quit the race, Chris Alexander

If he stays in the Toronto mayoral race, Olivia Chow will be re-elected

Chris Alexander, a longtime diplomat and former minister of citizenship and immigration for then-Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, announced on July 29 that he intended to run for Mayor of Toronto.

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His unexpected and rather late entry into the Toronto mayoral race made absolutely no sense at the time. As the Aug. 21 deadline to either join or withdraw his candidacy approaches, it makes equally no sense why he’s still running — and, more importantly, why he hasn’t dropped out.

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A few polls have been conducted since Alexander joined the race. He’s not only sitting in a distant third place in each instance, but the needle for his popular support has barely moved.

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