The fall 2003 municipal election campaign in Tel Aviv was a sleepy one, with just 30 percent of eligible voters bothering to go to the polls. The mayor, Ron Huldai (Labour Party), easily won a second term in office. This summer seemed like it would be a repeat of the 2003 scenario – but then the communist Member of the Knesset Dov Khenin (Hadash- Democratic Peace and Equality Front) announced his candidacy for the mayoralty as the representative of the Ir Lekulanu (City for All) movement, won the support of about a dozen Israeli actors, and breathed life into the race.