OK, so my weekly Friday look at Alberta politics and the ALP leadership race got kind of sidetracked, what with the federal election being thrust upon us. So here’s a run down of some of the things you (and I) may have missed:

1. To recap, the membership cut-off November 7th, with the mail-in vote to be announced December 13th. The three candidates are Dave Taylor, David Swann and Mo Elsalhy.

2. Daveberta takes a look at the history of ALP leadership races. My guess is that the winner will wind up with about 2,500 votes this time – on the first ballot, that is. I’m not expecting anyone to win this thing outright.

3. Speaking of Alberta’s pre-eminent blogger, Daveberta has endorsed David Swann.

4. To the best of my knowledge, Kent Hehr (Taylor) and Harry Chase (Swann) are the only two MLAs to have endorsed a candidate in this race.

5. Dave Taylor released his very good party renewal document a few weeks back.

6. Slogans: Mo – “An Alberta for ALL Albertans“, Swann – “The Courage to Lead. The Power to Inspire.”, Taylor – “A New Way Forward”

Tune in every Friday from now until voting day for a look at the race – I’m planning to profile the 3 ALP leadership candidates starting next week.