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Scott Stinson: Olivia Chow cruised to a mayoral victory by promising not to break stuff -- or fix it

Councillor Brad Bradford's late surge as the change candidate didn't come close to victory in the end

Olivia Chow ran a re-election campaign that in many ways was about what she wouldn’t do. Unlike her main challenger, Brad Bradford, she wouldn’t freeze property taxes. She wouldn’t undergo an aggressive spending review, and she wouldn’t introduce a public water utility.

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The incumbent Toronto mayor would, instead, keep on doing what she has been doing, “moving forward” after what she admits were a tough first couple of years in the top job at City Hall. At a time when many residents had concerns over everything from affordability to crime to traffic to antisemitism, she offered incremental improvements. Vote for the status quo, basically.

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That pitch, modest as it was, proved to be enough for a surprisingly easy win. The 69-year-old former city councillor and former federal NDP MP cruised to a comfortable victory in which she had support in all areas of the city.

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