From the Edmonton Journal:
Rookie city councillor Stephen Mandel won an upset victory Monday, defeating Edmonton’s three-term mayor in what had been expected to be one of the tightest races in Alberta’s municipal elections.
Bill Smith conceded to Mandel with about half the polls in, stunning some of the supporters at his campaign headquarters, who felt the outcome of the race was still in doubt.
According to the election results, Mandel got 40.68% of the votes, Bill Smith got 32.57% and Robert Noce got 24.93%. Estimated voter turnout was a paltry 41.79%.
Mandel celebrated his win on Whyte avenue this evening – kind of makes me laugh, he doesn’t look like a party animal now does he? Anyway, check out his site, http://www.mandelformayor.org, as I am sure there will be some updates posted.
I am happy Mandel won, I voted for him this afternoon. I hope you got out and made your vote count as well!
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Poor Bill…