 Brown polled at 3 percent in August 2006 and was considered a long shot at best to become mayor in the election held that year.In an interview, his sister remembered that, at age 9, Brown had expressed his dream to be mayor someday.After consistently trailing the pack of mayoral candidates, Brown dropped out of the race September 7 and announced his support for another candidate, council chair Linda W. Cropp, saying "I cannot watch a political novice, a man without the courage and strength required to run the city, attempt to steal this race from someone who has seen the city through its worse times."