Toronto mayor Rob Ford withdraws from race, brother steps in

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Toronto mayor Rob Ford withdraws from race, brother steps in

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-withdraws-mayoral-race-city-171059445.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cmzasWFYOk3oLfKRjGZs2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-12T171059Z_1006960001_LYNXMPEA8B0Y7_RTROPTP_2_CANADA-US-CANADA-TORONTO-MAYOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Ford walks through a busy media scrum as he walks to his office during a break in a Capital and Operating Budgets meeting at City Hall in Toronto" align="left" title="Ford walks through a busy media scrum as he walks to his office during a break in a Capital and Operating Budgets meeting at City Hall in Toronto" border="0" /></a>By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who gained global notoriety for admitting he smoked crack cocaine, dropped his re-election bid on Friday, citing a health crisis, but his older brother took his place in the race to run Canada's largest city. In drama worthy of Shakespeare, the family switch was made minutes before a deadline for changes to the city election ballot, which also saw a Ford nephew withdraw to allow his uncle, the mayor, to run for a city council seat in his place. The Oct. 27 election is seen as a referendum on Ford's four tumultuous years leading Toronto. Doug Ford, the mayor's older brother and campaign manager, is regarded as less charismatic but less volatile than his larger-than-life sibling, who steadfastly refused to resign even as he admitted buying illegal drugs while in office and checked himself into rehab.</p><br clear="all"/>

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