Early campaigns Bravo has run in the former Ward 17 Davenport in the
2003 Toronto municipal election, the
2006 Toronto municipal election and the
2014 Toronto municipal election, finishing in second place all three times behind
Cesar Palacio. She did not run in the
2010 Toronto municipal election, instead endorsing
Jonah Schein as a challenger to Palacio. She ran as a
New Democratic Party candidate in
Davenport in the
2021 Canadian federal election, losing to
Julie Dzerowicz by a 76-vote margin so narrow that it was verified in a
judicial recount.
2022 Toronto election Ward 9 Councillor
Ana Bailão announced that she would not be seeking re-election after serving on council for 12 years, leaving the seat in
Davenport open for the
2022 election. Bravo joined the race on July 5, 2022, and ran on a platform which included ending
exclusionary zoning, building affordable housing, providing stronger tenant protections, improving transit and building more
cycling infrastructure. She received endorsements from the
Toronto Star, the city's largest newspaper and Progress Toronto, She took office on November 15, 2022.
Toronto City Councillor In November 2022, Bravo was appointed to sit on several committees including General Government Committee, Budget Committee, Board of Health, and the Toronto Preservation Board. She was elected as Vice Chair of the Board of Health. After the 2023 mayoral by-election won by Mayor
Olivia Chow, Bravo was appointed by Chow to serve as Chair of the Economic & Community Development Committee, one of the four standing committees of Toronto City Council. During the post by-election appointment shuffle, she was also appointed Vice Chair of Striking Committee, Chair of the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee, as a member of Executive Committee and the Toronto Arts Council, and remained the Vice Chair of the Board of Health. == Electoral history ==