Although looking back, I would much rather have Nenshi as our Mayor as opposed to our current Mayor, in a hypothetical scenario.
Nenshi did leave Calgary politics with very low approval ratings and had been on the downward slide for a while. He didn't really change much from his days as "World's Best Mayor" but the political and municipal landscape really did. When a lot of things started getting tough in Calgary post 2015 crash, he and council were out of ideas or didn't want to do the hardwork involved.
Nenshi could do well in Edmonton and even get some additional support for the NDP in Calgary but I think the rural areas would be challenging.
He probably would give the NDP the best chance at winning overall. The current crop of candidates has some decent people but nobody with campaign star power.
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