{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"Sean Marshall","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/sean\/","title":"ELECTION: Open wards and the power of incumbency - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"maIbSijJNS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2022\/09\/01\/open-wards-and-the-power-of-incumbency\/\">ELECTION: Open wards and the power of incumbency<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2022\/09\/01\/open-wards-and-the-power-of-incumbency\/embed\/#?secret=maIbSijJNS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;ELECTION: Open wards and the power of incumbency&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"maIbSijJNS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/wards_and_candidates-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1455,"description":"On Friday, August 19 at 2:00 PM, the last nominations were accepted at City Hall for mayoral, council, and school board candidates for the municipal election to be held on Monday, October 24. Though he initially promised to run for only two terms as mayor, John Tory will be seeking an unprecedented third term, but he will up against 30 opponents, including leading urbanist Gil\u00a0Pe\u00f1alosa. Another 168 candidates are running in the city's 25 wards."}