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The Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post are delving into the races in four key Saskatchewan ridings during the federal election campaign. The series continues with Saskatoon West, where Sheri Benson is fighting for a second term in Ottawa.

The bearded man in basketball shorts who answers the door has an important question for Sheri Benson.

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“You’re not the cops, are you?” he asks, sounding mildly alarmed at the prospect that Benson might there on police business. Benson, who is not, in fact, a cop, seems taken aback but recovers quickly.

“I’m Sheri,” she says, her voice brightening. “I’m running for re-election as your member of Parliament.”

Blinking in the late afternoon sun slanting through the towering elms, the man says he won’t be voting for anyone. “I don’t even live here anyway,” he adds. Benson asks if she can leave a flyer for whoever does live in the Caswell Hill home. He grudgingly agrees.