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Let’s face it, Alberta is eccentric.

Voters have elected the same party, the Progressive Conservatives, 12 straight times over 44 years. There hasn’t been a minority government since the province was created 110 years ago. Two parties, Social Credit and the PCs, have ruled for 82 of those years.

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But now, it’s all up for grabs.

More than a dozen polls show a serious three-party race in the election to be held May 5. Reborn Wildrose flanks the PCs dangerously on the right. From the left, Rachel Notley’s NDP is actually leading the whole show, according to several polls taken over the past week.

An NDP victory? It’s like imagining the Greens running Prime Minister Stephen Harper off Parliament Hill. But Notley has caught the imagination of many Albertans who want a real change, not just more ping-pong on the right.

A month ago, she was the leader of a four-member caucus. The NDP was the third opposition party in the legislature, after Wildrose and the Liberals.