31.   In Washington, black middle-class flight to the suburbs has become one of the major issues in the upcoming mayoral race this fall.

32.   In the Yonkers mayoral race, the Republican challenger, John D. Spencer, easily beat the Democratic incumbent, Terence M. Zaleski.

33.   In this case, with two Cuban-Americans facing each other in the mayoral race, the political war was waged almost entirely in Spanish-speaking Miami.

34.   It has five political reporters, more than any station in town, to cover everything from the mayoral race to the city budget.

35.   It is not that the field in the Boston mayoral race is weak, complain the columnists, consultants and interest group leaders.

36.   Libertarians have historically not been a pivotal factor in mayoral races.

37.   Mayor Jordan, whose upstart candidacy four years ago unseated a powerful incumbent, once again finds himself the underdog in the San Francisco mayoral race.

38.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whom Ms. Messinger might eventually challenge in a mayoral race, has uncharacteristically chosen to stay out of the argument over the supermarket.

39.   Meanwhile, Messinger, trailing in the polls and short on money, insisted that the mayoral race was not over and pleaded for votes in four boroughs.

40.   Morales also noted that Kirk showed crossover appeal in his mayoral race.