Albertans will head to the polls today to cast in-person ballots and decide whether the province will re-elect a United Conservative Party (UCP) government or flip to a Rachel Notley-led New Democrat Party (NDP) government.
UCP Leader Danielle Smith, who has been leading the party for less than a year after winning the leadership race when Jason Kenney stepped down, has been in a tight race with Notley, the province’s official opposition leader.
The UCP have held power since 2019, when Kenney led the party to winning 63 seats while Notley’s NDP managed just 24.
A party needs 44 seats in the Alberta legislature for a majority. No other parties besides the UCP and NDP managed to win seats in the 2019 election….