Charlie Clark won with the first campaign in Saskatoon history to top $200,000 (including $35,500 from unions) and earned 47 per cent of the vote.Photo by Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Phil Tank: You'll need $200K if you want to be Saskatoon's next mayor

You may not think it's fair, but successful Saskatoon mayoral candidates have spent about $200,000 on campaigns in the last two elections.

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

So you just heard that Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark will not seek a third term.

And you want to run in the city’s first mayoral race without an incumbent in more than a generation.

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