When Camden Mayor Frank Moran abruptly announced he was resigning from office, the powerful Democratic party quickly named a successor. Essentially, they set up a race between the party-backed candidate and five others seeking to succeed him. In a city where the so-called Democratic machine wields such outsized influence, can any of the challengers break through?

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