His associates described it as a test run for the mayoral contest of 2001.

Moreover, voters will decide the outcome of the most heated mayoral contest in 12 years.

Opposition forces also took six of seven mayoral contests.

Nicholas Brooks was one of the first four candidates to register for the 2006 mayoral contest.

The perceived crisis also could carry over into the next mayoral contest.

Each of the four has spent at least a year raising money for this year's mayoral contest.

In the event, he finished fourth the mayoral contest and the party failed to win any seats.

His record of victories in mayoral contests has been unequaled.

In the mayoral contest, both businesses and individuals could contribute up to $7,700 to a candidate.

They account for little more than 15 percent of the electorate and have no plans to field a candidate in the mayoral contest.