Seven hopefuls are vying for the spot held for the past 15 years by Mayor Peter Brown, who announced earlier this month he wouldn't seek re-election

The race for Airdrie’s top political job is the busiest mayoral contest among the fast-growing communities surrounding Calgary.

Seven hopefuls are vying for the spot held for the past 15 years by Mayor Peter Brown, who announced earlier this month he wouldn’t seek re-election in the city of nearly 90,000 just north of Calgary.

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That field more than doubled in the last week leading up to Monday’s nomination deadline for next month’s municipal elections and includes councillors Tina Petrow and Heather Spearman.

They’re joined by small business owner Dave Douglass, lawyer Usman Mahmood, Dylan Harty, Vern Raincock and Eeshna

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