"I would say that whoever did what they did, it was an anonymous attack," [Donald Benham] said. "But clearly, it wasn't done by a supporter of Donald Benham."

"I heard things that had no substance to them," he said. "I'm not happy hearing those kinds of allegations, and hopefully we'll find out in due course. I can deny I was aware of anything."

[Brenda Leipsic] faced some tough questions during the campaign, in large part over the endorsement from [Katz]. Katz held a news conference to plug Leipsic's campaign to unseat Benham, canvassed for her and even lent his congenial blue and yellow campaign colour scheme to her signs and pamphlets.