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Sask. Party updates website to focus on campaign

The Saskatchewan Party is preparing for this fall’s election campaign to begin next week. The party has updated its website and provides insight on what we can expect from this fall’s campaign.

The website features the party’s slogan ‘Strong Economy, Bright Future’ and a video of the party’s leader Scott Moe in his hometown of Shellbrook. The website continues to showcase the side-by-side comparison shown above and an attack ad tying NDP leader Carla Beck to federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Also on the website are standard campaign tactical items, like a request for a lawn sign, a call to donate or support, and how to make a plan to vote. The updated campaign website demonstrates what can be expected for the fall campaign, Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe “standing up for Saskatchewan” while attempting to tie the NDP to their federal counterparts at the Prime Minister.

Ad spending has died down as the pre-writ period is almost over, and the expense period will begin next week. The party has spent recent weeks promoting its new candidates on social media.

The Saskatchewan NDP also made some recent updates to their party website, focusing on Ms. Beck and the upcoming campaign.

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NDP announce full slate of candidates, kick off campaign

This week NDP leader Carla Beck officially kicked off her party’s election campaign in Regina when she officially accepted the nomination in front of a room of supporters.

Teacher Dianne Twietmeyer accepted the nomination for Cannington, Clayton Poole, a mechanical engineer accepted the nomination for Cut Knife-Turtleford, and education associate CJ Binkley accepted the nomination for Carrot River Valley.

In addition, entertainer Phil Smith accepted the nomination for Estevan-Big Muddy, artist Cindy Hoppe accepted the nomination for Kindersley-Biggar, tax professional Melanie Dyck accepted the nomination for Melfort, and oilfield medic Seth Lendrum accepted the nomination for Weyburn-Bengough.

Beck kickstarted the NDP campaign saying, “This is a province full of opportunity. While Scott Moe is focused on distraction and division, it is that opportunity — that hope for a better future — that I’m working for. A future with a strong and growing economy, where our communities are safe and welcoming and small businesses are thriving — where people can live a good life on the paycheques they take home after a hard day’s work.”

The NDP now has a full slate of 61 candidates. 31 of the candidates are women.

The full slate of NDP candidates can be viewed here.

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CTV/Insightrix polling shows leader familiarity ahead of election

CTV News has released more exclusive polling done with Insightrix Research. In yesterday’s edition we focused on horserace numbers and party support. Today we will look at leader familiarity and approval.

The polling shows 80% of voters are familiar with Scott Moe as the leader of the Saskatchewan Party, while 61% were familiar with Carla Beck as leader of the NDP.

Director of Research at Insightrix Lang McGilp said, “Certainly people are more familiar with the Premier of Saskatchewan than they are with the leader of the NDP. We might expect that given that she's more new to the [leadership] space. But I think it's important context as we approach this election, because certainly the leader of the NDP will want to try to raise her familiarity with the electorate as much as possible.”

As for impressions of the two leaders, both Moe and Beck have roughly 30% of voters with a positive impression. Scott Moe has 54% of people with a negative impression compared to Carla Beck’s 31%.

This polling shows that while Moe has higher negatives, he is more of a known commodity while Beck is still relatively unknow to the general public.

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Each week leading up to the 2024 election, The SKoop Political Briefing will highlight a constituency that has nominated a candidate from at least both major parties. Today, we look at Cannington. This rural riding is located in the southeast corner of the province and includes Carlyle, Oxbow, and Carnduff. This is one riding where the Buffalo Party finished second in 2020.

The incumbent: Daryl Harrison was first elected MLA in 2020. Before being elected, he worked in the oil and gas sector for thirty years and served as a school trustee.

The challenger: Dianne Twietmeyer has worked as a teacher on White Bear First nation for forty years. She is a small business owner and legion member.

The takeaway: This is a safe Sask. Party seat. This is arguably one of the safest ridings in the province, having never elected an NDP or CCF candidate ever. This is an exact 2020 rematch between Harrison, Twietmeyer, and the Buffalo Party’s Michelle Krieger.

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More news and info

• Saskatchewan Party relying on rookies for fifth straight majority as election call nears (National Post)

• CTV says staffers who altered Poilievre clip ‘no longer’ work for its news team (CBC News)

• Trudeau ‘targeted’ by pro-Modi outlets after Nijjar assassination allegations (Global News)

2024 Election Candidate Tracker