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• Allison Hanes: Quebec party leaders can learn from Plante's sunny ways

  06-11-2017 23:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Positivity and an idea that inspired people were a large part of what propelled Valérie Plante to power as the first woman elected mayor of Montreal.
  She overcame partisanship and last-minute fear tactics by incumbent Denis Coderre’s team to clinch her historic victory, although the mayoral campaign was commendably constructive overall.
  The same phenomenon was on display just over two years ago when Justin Trudeau overcame doubts about his lack of experience to sweep into the prime
  
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• Project gives underage voters a taste of democracy

  06-11-2017 23:24 via montrealgazette.com
  They didn’t have a say in deciding the city’s new mayor, but a little more than 3,000 youths did head to polling stations Sunday to answer one simple question: in Montreal, what’s most important to you? 
  The question led to divided results. 
  Of the 3,103 votes tallied, 1,001 voters said arenas, sports centres and pools were most important to them. Parks, playgrounds and green spaces came in a close second with 995 votes. 
  In a distant third place came librar
  
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• Montreal election: Project gives underage voters a taste of democracy - Montreal Gazette

  06-11-2017 23:24
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  Montreal election: Project gives underage voters a taste of democracy
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  The purpose of the project, Élection Montréal said, was to “enable the voters of tomorrow, both French and English, to experience the exercise of voting in a concrete and positive way and to awaken them to democracy.” Given the positive results ...
  
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• ‘You have four children?’ Newly elected female politicians in Montreal elections squash gender stereotypes

  06-11-2017 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  Newly elected female politicians in Montreal discuss breaking down stereotypes.
  
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• Trial for Montreal man accused of Michigan airport stabbing put off until July 30 - CBC.ca

  06-11-2017 23:12
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  Trial for Montreal man accused of Michigan airport stabbing put off until July 30
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  The case of a Canadian man charged with stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport isn't on a fast track. Flint airport stabber celebrated 9/11 attacks: Prosecutors · By staying silent, Montreal man pleads not guilty to stabbing Michigan airport ...and more »
  
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• 'Fed up with the old boys' club': Women elected to top municipal jobs across Quebec

  06-11-2017 23:08 via cbc.ca
  Not only is Valérie Plante the first woman to be elected Montreal mayor, seven of 18 borough mayors elected in are women, as are many city councillors and mayors in cities across Quebec.
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Lisa Brookman @wisewomencanada shares what not to say to a loved one struggling with postpartum… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-11-2017 23:01
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Lisa Brookman @wisewomencanada shares what not to say to a loved one struggling with postpartum… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Average Montreal home prices reach record high in October, says real estate board - CanadianBusiness.com

  06-11-2017 22:34
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  Average Montreal home prices reach record high in October, says real estate board
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  MONTREAL _ Average Montreal island home prices hit a record high of almost $500,000 in October, rising 12.7 per cent from the prior year, the area's real estate board said Monday. Single family homes in the city and suburbs saw price increases of 10 ...and more »
  
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• Saint-Lambert residents looking for change, elect new mayor

  06-11-2017 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in Saint-Lambert have shown they are ready for a change.
  
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• Ottawa, Quebec to Valérie Plante: We love you, but no cash for Metro Pink line just yet

  06-11-2017 22:31 via cbc.ca
  Federal and provincial politicians celebrated Valérie Plante's historic election as Montreal's mayor Monday but made no promises about committing money to her signature project, a proposed new $6-billion dollar Metro line.
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Two-time Olympian Jessica Phoenix @Phoenix_Eq_Teamtalks about her return from a life-threatenin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-11-2017 22:01
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Two-time Olympian Jessica Phoenix @Phoenix_Eq_Teamtalks about her return from a life-threatenin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montreal election: Neophytes replace longtime politicians at city hall

  06-11-2017 21:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Traditional politicians were personae non gratae in Montreal’s election.
  It’s unclear whether they were brought down by an unstoppable Valérie Plante/Projet Montréal wave, by their connection to an unpopular Denis Coderre or by a thirst for a new way of doing politics.
  But these were among the veteran politicians, all members of Coderre’s executive committee, who went down to defeat Sunday, losing to Projet Montréal candidates who have never held elected of
  
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• Baie-d’Urfé mayor says electing councillors by district could avoid ballot-counting delays

  06-11-2017 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Baie-d'Urfé was the last town on the island to release results from the municipal elections.
  
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• Average Montreal home prices reach record high in October - Toronto Star

  06-11-2017 21:15
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  Average Montreal home prices reach record high in October
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  With consumer confidence at a 10-year-high and a strong job market in the city, people feel it's a good time to buy. A new housing development is under construction in Griffintown, Montreal, on Nov. 4, 2017. Last month was the most active October in ...and more »
  
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• Tomorrow: New NDG-CDN borough mayor-elect @MontgomerySue is in the #BTMTL studio https://t.co/NfVIH2xYfk

  06-11-2017 21:01
  
  Tomorrow: New NDG-CDN borough mayor-elect @MontgomerySueis in the #BTMTL studio https://t.co/NfVIH2xYfk
  
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• Grimaudo's first order of business is to unite new council

  06-11-2017 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite an apparent thirst for change in St-Lazare that caused all but one incumbent councillor to lose their seats, on Nov. 5 voters chose for a third time to elect Robert Grimaudo to serve as mayor.
  Grimaudo, who was first elected in a 2012 byelection, ran on his record and eked out a narrow victory over outgoing councillor Lise Jolicoeur. Grimaudo finished just 203 votes ahead of Jolicoeur and garnered 37.8 per cent of the vote. Michel Lambert, who served as a councillor from 2009-2013, finis
  
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• Editorial: Montreal votes for change

  06-11-2017 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers voted for change, and that is what they have got. 
  Valérie Plante and her Projet Montréal won an impressive victory Sunday, thanks to her fresh, consultative approach to politics and her prioritization of transportation and housing. And, of course, because she is not Denis Coderre.
  While the outgoing mayor can justly be proud of his many accomplishments (including tackling long-overdue infrastructure projects, achieving metropolitan status for Montreal and importan
  
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• The results are in: Kids love swimming pools, arenas and recreation centres

  06-11-2017 20:58 via cbc.ca
  During Sunday's election, children were given a chance to rank City of Montreal services by importance as a way to familiarize them with the democratic process.
  
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• Pilon’s Action Party sweeps Vaudreuil-Dorion

  06-11-2017 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Even in the early polls it was clear that incumbent mayor Guy Pilon was likely to win a fourth term in Vaudreuil-Dorion, but as election results rolled in on Sunday night, Pilon realized it was more than a win — it was a clean sweep.
  Although rival party Team We Are, led by Pierre Séguin, campaigned intensively and ran a full slate of candidates, in the end voters chose overwhelmingly to endorse Pilon’s Action Party. Pilon said it came as a surprise to win all eight councillor
  
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• ‘Am I to be crucified for saying things like that?’: outspoken Quebec MNA Rita de Santis sits down with Global News

  06-11-2017 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  In January 2016, Rita de Santis was appointed to cabinet with the role of making the Quebec government more transparent. But ironically, as an out-spoken minister, she was often criticized, and even ridiculed for her frank comments in the media. She sits down in an exclusive interview with Global's Raquel Fletcher.
  
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• Sue Montgomery takes aim at housing, transit

  06-11-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Nov 6: Sue Montgomery rode a massive electoral upheaval to beat incumbent Russell Copeman in CDN-NDG. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• With Denis Coderre out, what's next for the party named after him?

  06-11-2017 19:55 via cbc.ca
  Members of Équipe Denis Coderre are searching for answers and a new identity, now that the man who formed the party has announced, in defeat, that he's quitting municipal politics.
  
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• Laval corruption: Accurso will testify he was unaware of schemes, lawyer says

  06-11-2017 19:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Construction entrepreneur Antonio Accurso concedes two of his companies were involved in a collusion and kickback scheme run out of Laval’s city hall for years but will testify any participation in the schemes was handled by people lower than him in his organization. 
  In a statement made to the jury hearing Accurso’s criminal trial at the Laval courthouse, defence lawyer Marc Labelle characterized his client as someone who was expanding a series of companies he owned into an int
  
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• Montreal election: Neophytes replace long-time politicians at city hall - Montreal Gazette

  06-11-2017 19:38
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  Montreal election: Neophytes replace long-time politicians at city hall
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  He lost to microbrewery owner Pierre Lessard-Blais. • Richard Bergeron, a three-time mayoral candidate under the Projet Montréal banner and most recently a city councillor and urban-planning point man. He lost to Robert Beaudry, a community organizer.
  Political newcomer Sue Montgomery elected mayor of CDN-NDGCTV News
  Sue Montgomery wins CDN-NDG mayoralty in tight raceCBC.caall 6
  
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• NDG’s borough mayor-elect takes aim at housing and transit

  06-11-2017 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Former Montreal Gazette reporter Sue Montgomery beat incumbent Russell Copeman to become mayor of the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.
  
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• Charlie Lindgren's success poses a dilemma for Canadiens

  06-11-2017 19:11 via montrealgazette.com
  When a goaltender shuts out the opposition, it’s rarely seen as a problem.
  But minor-leaguer Charlie Lindgren’s performance in Chicago Sunday night could pose a dilemma for the Canadiens’ brass.
  In a perfect world, the 23-year-old Lindgren would spend the entire season with the Laval Rocket, filling in occasionally at the NHL level when the team runs into injury problems.
  That was the case on the weekend. After Carey Price went to the sidelines with what the team has described
  
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• Charlie Lindgren's success poses a dilemma for Canadiens - Montreal Gazette

  06-11-2017 19:10
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  Charlie Lindgren's success poses a dilemma for Canadiens
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  If the 23-year-old keeps performing at an elite level, Montreal could soon have a goaltending controversy on its hands. Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette More from Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette. Published on: November 6, 2017 | Last Updated: November 6, 2017 ...
  Lindgren gives Canadiens shutout in season debutCTV News
  Montreal Canadiens: An Important Checkpoint Coming UpA Winning Habit
  Why is the Montreal
  
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• Leonard Cohen's Montreal, an illustrated map - CBC.ca (blog)

  06-11-2017 19:05
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  Leonard Cohen's Montreal, an illustrated map
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  A year ago this month, we lost Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest songwriters this country has ever produced. While the entire country mourned, the pain was particularly felt in Montreal, the place of his birth, a city he embraced like a tailored suit ...
  Leonard Cohen to be honoured with memorial concert in Montreal tonightCTV News
  Leonard Cohen to be honoured with memorial concert in MontrealCP24 Toronto's Breaking Newsa
  
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• Montreal election: Valérie Plante takes a victory walk to city hall

  06-11-2017 18:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Less than 12 hours after winning Montreal’s mayoral race, Valérie Plante was at the Square-Victoria-OACI métro station on Monday morning thanking voters for their support ahead of her first day at city hall as mayor. 
  A beaming Plante was greeted warmly by many métro riders, who stopped to shake hands on their way to work.
  Plante was accompanied by several members of her Projet Montreal team. 
  Plante was elected the city’s first female mayor in an upset
  
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• As it happened: Montreal elects first female mayor

  06-11-2017 18:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Throughout election night, we provided live election news, analysis and results. 
  11:59 p.m. Over and out, for now
  That’s a wrap for the live blog.
  But stay tuned to montrealgazette.com for more news on Monday… and for the next four years.
  11:55 p.m. A referendum on Coderre
  Denis Coderre waves to supporters as he arrives to deliver his concession speech after losing the race for Montreal mayor to Projet Montréal’s Valerie Plante on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017.
  Montrealers
  
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• Ex-PM Chrétien lobbied for African oil company he didn't know was based in tax haven, he says

  06-11-2017 18:44 via cbc.ca
  A new leak of tax-haven records shows a number of Canadians have been involved in a sometimes dodgy, potentially massive oil venture in East Africa — including former prime minister Jean Chrétien.
  
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• Could there be light at the end of the Bombardier vs. Boeing tunnel?

  06-11-2017 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross gave both sides reason for hope in the trade dispute between Bombardier Inc. and Boeing Co. over passenger jets.
  Speaking at a forum in the U.K., where parts of Bombardier’s C Series planes are manufactured, Ross said a final decision on duties against the aircraft is weeks away.
  “While it’s normally true that the final determination — which is some weeks away — normally more or less follows the preliminary, it doesn’t alway
  
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• Pink Jacques Cartier Bridge a ‘coincidence’ to Valérie Plante’s historic win

  06-11-2017 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  Officials say the bridge was not intentionally made pink to represent Valérie Plante's win as first female mayor.
  
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• Are you looking to invest? Check out these common mistakes that investors make, according to @MoneySense btmontreal.ca/videos/common-…

  06-11-2017 18:07
  Are you looking to invest? Check out these common mistakes that investors make, according to @MoneySense btmontreal.ca/videos/common-…
  
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• What happened last night? We analyze the Montreal municipal election with @lchodan and @BourqueC btmontreal.ca/videos/analysi…

  06-11-2017 18:03
  What happened last night? We analyze the Montreal municipal election with @lchodan and @BourqueC btmontreal.ca/videos/analysi…
  
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• Paradise Papers: Bronfman, Habs issue denials after being swept up in storm

  06-11-2017 17:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Describing himself as a “proud Canadian” who “has always fully complied with all legal requirements, including with respect to taxes,” Montreal businessman and onetime federal Liberal fundraiser Stephen Bronfman announced Monday he has “never funded or used offshore trusts.”
  Bronfman also said his Canadian trusts have paid all taxes on all their income to the Canadian government.
  The statement comes after the Toronto Star and CBC/Radio Canada reported tha
  
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• Interactive: Meet your new Montreal city council

  06-11-2017 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal made history Sunday night by electing Valérie Plante its first female mayor. 
  Her party, Projet Montréal, also swept into power at city hall with 34 of Montreal city council’s 65 seats.
  Meet your new city council below.Developed by David Rudin, Montreal Gazette
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• Montreal election results: Valérie Plante goes from obscurity to history

  06-11-2017 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  A year ago, she was unknown to most Montrealers.
  On Sunday, she became the city’s first female mayor.
  Valérie Plante’s meteoric rise to the city’s top job was as remarkable as it seemed unlikely just a year ago, when she wasn’t even considered a top contender to take the helm of Projet Montréal.
  “We made history together. We did it together,” Plante told a jubilant crowd of supporters at the Corona Theatre in Little Burgundy on Sunday night. &ldq
  
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• Quebec member of Parliament Denis Lemieux resigns seat

  06-11-2017 16:57 via cbc.ca
  Quebec backbencher Denis Lemieux is quitting federal politics. Chicoutimi-Le Fjord MP released a statement on Monday morning saying he’s leaving for family reasons.
  
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• Voter turnout dips slightly in Montreal’s 2017 municipal election

  06-11-2017 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  Slightly fewer people voted in Montreal's 2017 municipal election than in 2013.
  
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• Our @joannevrakas and @derickfage made it to HBO's @lastweektonight! https://t.co/115Ej1pTkW

  06-11-2017 16:16
  
  Our @joannevrakas and @derickfage made it to HBO's @lastweektonight! https://t.co/115Ej1pTkW
  
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• Laval corruption: Antonio Accurso expected to testify at his trial

  06-11-2017 16:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Construction entrepreneur Antonio Accurso will testify in his defence in the jury trial in Laval where he is charged with being part of a system of collusion that plagued the city for years. 
  “It is our intention to present a defence for Mr. Accurso,” said defence lawyer Marc Labelle in an opening statement to the jury at the Laval courthouse on Monday. “You will hear from witnesses and Mr. Accurso will testify.” 
  Labelle said he could summarize Accurso’s
  
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• Montreal election makes history — but turnout is more of the same

  06-11-2017 15:56 via montrealgazette.com
  “It was time for a change.”
  The woman was among the scores of commuters trickling into downtown early Monday, one of the thousands of Montrealers who seem to have shared her opinion during Sunday’s municipal vote, turfing out the administration of Denis Coderre after a single, four-year term.
  “I saw Valérie Plante on TV nearly every day,” said the woman, who declined to give her name before entering a Starbuck’s coffee shop and then heading for work at
  
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• Mayor-designate Valérie Plante meets voters at métro station

  06-11-2017 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Less than 12 hours after winning Montreal’s mayoral race, Valérie Plante was at the Square-Victoria-OACI métro station on Monday morning thanking voters for their support ahead of her first day at city hall as mayor. 
  A beaming Plante was greeted warmly by many métro riders who stopped to shake hands on their way to work.
  Plante was accompanied by several members of her Projet Montreal team. 
  Plante was elected the city’s first female mayor in an upset
  
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• Plante in, Coderre out: Montrealers react to their new mayor

  06-11-2017 15:35 via cbc.ca
  After a tight race for the mayor's seat, Valérie Plante has swooped into power as the first woman to win a municipal election in Montreal's 375 years of existence.
  
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• Montgomery unseats Copeman in CDN—NDG

  06-11-2017 15:35 via montrealgazette.com
  In a startling upset, Projet Montréal candidate Sue Montgomery defeated incumbent borough mayor Russell Copeman in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Sunday night, pledging immediately to get to work on the toughest files in the city’s west-end districts.
  “Oh my God, I am thrilled,” Montgomery said in a brief phone interview. “I am so happy to represent Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, where I’ve lived for 20 years. My
  
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• Westmount election results: Christina Smith remains mayor

  06-11-2017 15:28 via montrealgazette.com
  For the first time in years, Westmount had something resembling a genuine mayoral race but in the end the candidate endorsed by long-time mayor Peter Trent won the day.
  Christina Smith, who had been serving as interim mayor since April, was voted in as mayor of Westmount Sunday night, with 3,619 votes. The runner-up was long-time city councillor Patrick Martin, who had 1,878 votes. The Suburban editor Beryl Wajsman came in third, with 528 votes.
  These results are based on 45 of 45 polls reportin
  
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