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OneCity Vancouver Candidate William Azaroff Withdraws From Mayoral Race
Azaroff ended his campaign to back Pete Fry as progressive parties seek a single mayoral challenger to incumbent Ken Sim.
- On Tuesday, OneCity mayoral candidate William Azaroff withdrew from the Vancouver race, endorsing Green Party councillor Pete Fry to consolidate the progressive vote against incumbent Mayor Ken Sim.
- Progressive parties COPE, OneCity, and the Greens sought to prevent vote-splitting after publicly debating a "people's primary" for the past year, with Azaroff fulfilling a campaign pledge to support one candidate.
- Azaroff's decision followed COPE candidate Stephanie Allen's withdrawal six days earlier; he cited his belief in Fry's ability to challenge Sim, despite polls consulting less than 800 residents influencing the move.
- Fry remains the sole progressive challenger, though TEAM Vancouver's Colleen Hardwick and the Vancouver Liberals' Kareem Allam stay in the race, with Fry describing Azaroff's decision as "courageous" and "united in our values."
- With the October 17 election approaching, the progressive coalition aims to challenge Sim's policy decisions, including his push to abolish the elected park board and ban new supportive housing construction.
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OneCity Vancouver candidate William Azaroff withdraws from mayoral race
OneCity Vancouver candidate William Azaroff announced Tuesday that he has withdrawn from the mayoral race, leaving Green Party city councillor Pete Fry as the lone candidate on the 'progressive side' of the political spectrum in the Oct. 17 municipal election. Azaroff's news conference came six days...
·Kelowna, Canada
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Greens' Fry emerges as 'unity' mayoral candidate for Vancouver's left-wing parties, after OneCity's Azaroff withdraws
After months of public and private discussions about which candidates should drop out of the race, the path forward for Pete Fry appears to have percolated over a pair of tea-time chats last week
·Vancouver, Canada
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Vancouver mayoral candidate William Azaroff steps down, making room for the Green's Pete Fry
William Azaroff said he has heard "how scared people are of another Ken Sim and ABC majority," and that part of his decision to step down Tuesday is to keep only one progressive candidate on the ballot.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right1Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left, 45% Center
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- 46% of the sources lean Left, 45% of the sources are Center
46% Left
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