Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our Edmonton 2025 Campaign Roundup!

With the 2025 municipal election underway, we'll be bringing you daily updates on all the policy proclamations, platform promises, and political point-scoring from the campaign trail.

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Campaign Roundup - Day 2:

• Edmonton’s municipal election will feature 140 candidates, including 13 for Mayor, 81 for City Council, and about 50 for School Board Trustee, following the close of nominations. The official list is available online.
  
  
• A recent Mayoral poll shows Michael Walters slightly ahead with 15%, followed by Andrew Knack and Tim Cartmell at 13% each, while nearly half of voters remain undecided with less than a month until the October 20th election.
  
  
• This election will likely see slower results than in previous years due to new legislation requiring all ballots to be hand-counted. While some polling stations may finish counting by midnight on October 20th, results from advance ballots and institutional votes at the central station could delay preliminary outcomes until the following day.
  
  
• Mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell criticized the provincial government for what he sees as shifting responsibilities onto municipalities without providing adequate support. Cartmell highlighted the escalating costs borne by the City for police services, emergency response, housing, and managing the opioid crisis. He argued that the Province should fully fund mental health and addiction services, open treatment beds, and deliver social supports within its jurisdiction, rather than leaving municipalities to manage these crises.
  
  
• The top five Mayoral candidates, based on Leger polling - Tim Cartmell, Rahim Jaffer, Andrew Knack, Omar Mohammad, and Michael Walters - participated in a debate hosted by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and Global News. (We sent out a recap of the debate which you can read here). After the debate, Global News asked the remaining registered Mayoral candidates to respond to a series of questions in writing - you can read those here.

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