If Slater wins the election, McGuinness will be appointed head of the planning commission  But Yerxes is more qualified to head it since she is an 16 architect who has been on the planning commission for fifteen years
Unless the polls are grossly inaccurate, Slater will win
If the polls are a good indication of how the election will turn out, someone less qualified than Yerxes will be appointed head of the planning commission.