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ANTIGUA | KNOCKOUT IN ST. PHILIP’S NORTH: ABLP DELIVERS CRUSHING BY-ELECTION BLOW AS UPP FLOUNDERS

Randy Baltimore’s emphatic victory exposes a party in crisis — and raises uncomfortable questions about resources, strategy, and relevance

By Calvin G. Brown  

When the ballots were counted in Monday’s St. Philip’s North by-election, the result wasn’t just a victory for the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party — it was a political demolition. Randy Baltimore walked away with 924 votes to the United Progressive Party’s Alex Browne’s paltry 407, a margin so wide it should send shockwaves through every level of UPP leadership.

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Antigua Labour Party's Randy Baltimore, elected as the Member of Parliament for St. Philip’s North in Monday's by-election
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