What a difference between nearby jurisdictions.
The Town of Paradise Valley’s Mayor is being unopposed on the 2020 ballot. And there is only one challenger to three incumbents seeking re-election to the Town Council.
And when it comes to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors two have no challengers at all. The other three have meaningless, other party opposition that have no chance in the gerrymandered districts.
Fast forward to Scottsdale. There have assembled the deepest fields for Mayor and City Council in the city’s history. 
The depth is as impressive as the diversity.
For council runs a wise woman, relative newcomer with fresh eyes, an accomplished activist who doubles as a small businessman, a former City Manager and the best retail politicker in the field, a Realtor, a Scottsdalian through and through who is showing surprising online prowess, a small businesswoman who can light up a room and an incumbent that has grown into a common sense conservative (most of the time). And then there’s Michael Auerbach. He’s eclipsed in weirdness only by mayoral candidate and landlord lobbyist David Ortega.
Which brings us to the Mayor’s race, to which Ortega is not relevant.
Lisa Borowsky brings a more youthful perspective as she attempts to be neither pro-business nor anti-business, the latter of which largely defines Bob Littlefield. That being said, Littlefield is not to be underestimated as he brings a constituency, albeit a limited one to the race.
Councilwomen Suzanne Klapp and Virginia Korte are top-tier candidates for Mayor in this year, or any year. Scottsdale would be in good hands with either, especially in brutal economic times. The fascinating question now is whether the electorate come November will want a center-right Klapp or a center-left Korte.
The good news is that Scottsdale will be in good hands no matter who emerges from a historically noteworthy field of candidates. Unless of course its body politic gets infected and elects dullards like Ortega and Auerbach.