It's Like Christmas for Pols

It's that time again. Leaves are falling, kids are going back to school, and politicians are starting their campaigns.

Actually, that's a lie. Half of the campaigns running at this point started months ago with phone calls and quiet meetings. I'd say there were backroom deals, but this is Victoria and that we're just not that sophisticated yet.

Point is, campaigns officially begin in just a few days. Between the 4th and the 14th candidates submit their nomination papers; failing to do so means you're not on the ballot and not a candidate. With this momentous occasion on the horizon, we here at Victoria Votes decided to update you on the current who's who of who's running.

To date, only 7 new candidates have declared along with all of the incumbents (three more to be added Monday), which makes this a small crowd by Victoria standards. The complete list (as far as we know) is here.

But this is all in the past, and the real fun is in speculation. Two things can happen in the next two weeks - either we stick with the number of candidates we have now and come out the other end with a truly ferocious and heavily contested election on our hands, or the usual happens. What's the usual? 20 new candidates come out of the woodwork and we have an admittedly amusing parade of impossible to follow candidates harassing us for precious minutes of our attention.

Either way, sounds like fun.

VV

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