**Incumbent Drew Dilkens leads the Windsor mayoral race with trader consensus at 66.5 percent, ahead of main challenger Fred Francis at 37 percent, while the remaining nine candidates register at or below 0.7 percent ahead of the October 26 vote.** Dilkens’s positioning stems from twelve years in office, his record on fiscal management, job-creation targets, and recent platform moves emphasizing community policing, neighbourhood security, and procurement restrictions on U.S. firms amid tariff concerns. Francis, a three-term Ward 1 councillor, has centered his campaign on affordability metrics, restoring the tunnel bus, and reversing strong-mayor powers, drawing support from voters seeking change. The wide gap between the two experienced candidates and the rest of the field reflects limited name recognition and resources for the other contenders in this first-past-the-post municipal contest.