Olivia Chow

“I want to say something to every person in Toronto tonight: whether you voted for me or voted for someone else, whether you thought your voice mattered or wondered if anyone was listening, and especially to the many people who call Toronto home, who work here, raise families here, contribute to our city every day, but could not, or did not vote. I am your mayor too.”— Olivia Chow said this at her team’s headquarters on Monday night after being re-elected as Toronto’s mayor.

The fact of the matter is that even in Toronto/East York, where Olivia Chow is strong, she can focus on delivering even more voters from that area because they tend to be more disposed to her.

— Nik Nanos, chief data scientist and founder of Nanos Research, said in his analysis accompanying the poll.

With the latest poll that came out this morning, we haven’t taken our numbers beyond what they were at the start of our campaign and we wanted to take this difficult decision before advance polls open so that all Torontonians have a chance to vote for someone who is going to see their campaign through to the end. And that is why I am stepping aside.

— Chris Alexander, at a Toronto news conference announcing his withdrawal from the mayoral race

This is an affordability and change election and it needs a mayor who has managed budgets this size before, not one learning on the job while your costs go up.

— Chris Alexander issued the following statement in response to the poll released this morning, arguing that affordability and change require a mayor who has managed budgets this size before.