Who will win in Kamloops on November 19

Only a total knucklehead would try to predict the outcome of the Nov. 19 Kamloops civic election at this point.

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Peter Milobar will be re-elected mayor. He will not get a majority, but he will come close. Dieter Dudy will come second, Frank Stewart third, Brian Alexander fourth and Gordon Chow fifth.

That was easy. The candidates for councillor are a little tougher.

These are safe: Pat Wallace and Marg Spina. Ken Christian, though he won’t do as well as a lot of people expect, will joint them. And I’d add Nancy Bepple into this group.

Having a good shot at the remaining four spots will be Tina Lange, Chris Ortner, Donovan Cavers, John DeCicco, Peter Sharp, Andy Philpot, Nelly Dever, Arjun Singh, Brenda Prevost and Raymond Nyuli.

If you want to push it, I’d say the top six will be Pat Wallace, Marg Spina, Ken Christian, Nancy
Bepple, Donovan Cavers and Arjun Singh in that order. Do not hold me to that — I’m not yet ready to cheese off my friends and influence my enemies. That will come later.

Making a good showing but probably unsuccessful will be Aaron Duczak, Brendan Shaw, Dino Bernardo and Chad Moats. Longshots are John Noakes, Ayren Messmer, Greg Power, Donna Shedger, Dennis Paget, Bryce Eberle.