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Observers see the challengers damaging one another in Hoboken, making Acting Mayor Dawn Zimmer the front-running favorite, but regardless of who they back, Hobokenites have been struck by the serious intentions of longtime 3rd Ward work horse Frank Raia.  If it were a contest with run-off potential, it would be different - more obviously competive. But this is a race where the top vote-getter wins, and sources say Zimmer's base is mostly intact as she tries to stare down 2nd Ward Councilwoman Beth Mason, retired municipal judge Kimberly Glatt and supermarket owner Raia, among others, including Republican Nathan Brinkman.  As was the case when she ran for mayor in May, Mason has dumped the biggest expenditures into this contest - $220,250 and counting, according to the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). But Raia's not far behind, shoveling more than $200,000 into his own effort, killing the stalking horse talk that trailed him at the start of the campaign. A late starter in the race, Glatt has raised $33,300 to Zimmer's $35,864, but their filings were made earlier in the month than Mason's and Raia's.

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