Nearly two decades later, former Mayor Mike Dow and the friends and rivals who shaped his first campaign recalled the audacious 1989 decision to bypass a council seat and run straight for mayor.
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Ann Bedsole Rules Out a Mayoral Bid and Joins the Campaign to Keep Mike Dow at City Hall
Former state Sen. Ann Bedsole dismissed talk of a mayoral run in December 2004, saying she supported Mike Dow and joining prominent Mobilians urging the mayor to take a second look at re-election.
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Mobile Mayor Mike Dow Poised to Step Aside, Clearing the Way for a Peavy-Jones Contest
Sources said in December 2004 that Mobile Mayor Mike Dow did not intend to seek a fifth term, setting up an expected 2005 mayoral race between City Councilman John Peavy and County Commissioner Sam Jones.