Fawcett promises growth in second term as Brandon mayor
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BRANDON — Jeff Fawcett promises “incredible opportunities” for Brandon over the next four years.
The incumbent was handily re-elected for a second term as Brandon mayor Wednesday evening, receiving 54 per cent of the vote. He defeated his only challenger, former councillor and MLA Len Isleifson, by 907 votes.
“The next four years presents incredible opportunities for our city,” Fawcett told supporters after the victory. “We’ll continue to support responsible growth, strengthening our neighbourhoods, investing in infrastructure, supporting local businesses, and ensuring Brandon remains a place where families and future generations can thrive.”
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Re-elected Brandon mayor Jeff Fawcett hugs his wife Jodi Fawcett moments before making his victory speech at his election watch party in Brandon Wednesday evening.
Isleifson, a Brandon councillor from 2010 to 2014 and Brandon East Tory MLA from 2016 to 2023, called the result disappointing but said he wouldn’t change anything about his campaign.
“We got 40-some per cent of the vote, which is really good,” he said, adding he congratulated Fawcett and looked forward to learning about what he would do in the next four years.
Both candidates called each other friends during the campaign and rarely criticized each other’s platforms.
Fawcett’s strategy was to ask voters to look at the previous four years, saying no mayor had ever reeled in as much provincial and federal funding or support as him.
The winner said his opponent ran a “really good campaign,” and that the two similar platforms made it difficult for voters.
Fawcett, a former councillor who will begin his fifth term overall on council when sworn in, called into question trickling in of votes during the evening, with final numbers not released until about 11:30 p.m., much later than the expected time of 10 p.m.
“I think there is some disappointment that we had really good machines with high expectations that the results would be coming in quite quickly, and you know they were staggering it so slowly, so it was more frustration,” he said.
— Brandon Sun