Tenacious Ted fights second term
Tenacious Ted fights second term
Ted Marcelino is confident he will get reelected.
By Ted Alcuitas
Philippine Canadian News
“I am not taking it for granted. Kelangan kayud ng kayud,” says Ted Marcelino as he faces another battle to retain his Tyndall Park seat for the NDP on April 19.
He is seeking a second term in a riding with a large number of Filipino voters (42%) and being opposed by a kababayan, Aida Champagne for the Liberals.
In his first campaign in 2011, he faced two Filipinos – Roldan Sevillano for the Liberals and Cris Aglugub for the Conservatives. He beat the two soundly with 45% of the votes. Roldan had 35% and Aglugub, a former NDP-turned PC MLA, had 16%.
“It’s my way of giving back to the community,” he says of his desire to be in public office. “Even before I went into politics, I was already advocating for our kababayans. It was public service without public office.”
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