One candidate will be doing it with a guitar in his hands.

"Anything for attention now," said Democrat Chris Simpson, who sees himself as an underdog in his party's primary.

"If I win, you'll see a lot of politicians shaking their heads saying, 'What the hell just happened?'" he said.

That's not going to stop Simpson from riding around town with a large billboard truck or setting up on downtown street corners with his guitar and a table of campaign materials.

"I'm just going to try to hit wherever the people are," he said.

Republican Randy McClement, owner of the Market Bagel and Deli downtown, will spend his Saturday and Sunday morning baking.

The rest of his days he'll campaign, but not before starting work at 3 a.m. He's filling in for an employee who broke his arm.

"I do it all the time," he said. "It's not like I'm not used to it."

McClement said he'll have four or five full-time volunteers helping him campaign Monday and Tuesday.

"Keep knocking on as many doors as I can," he said.

Democrat Jennifer Dougherty said she has a dozen people helping with canvassing over the weekend.

"We'll keep doing what we've been doing," she said.

Most of what she has been doing is visiting neighborhoods.

"Right now you want to make sure people turn out," she said.

Democrat Jason Judd is launching an all-out attack with election day radio and print advertisements and mailings to Democrats.

His campaign is posting another video to his website and conducting a large canvass Saturday.

"We're going to keep knocking, calling, and organizing house meetings right up until Tuesday," he wrote in an e-mail.

Republican Clint Hoffman said he'll continue campaigning, but knows he is up against tough competition.

"I'm a realist -- I don't dwell on thinking I'm No. 1 or going to win the primary," he said. "If I do, I'll be shocked."

The primary election will cut down the field to two of the five candidates actively running for mayor: Democrats Jennifer Dougherty, Jason Judd and Chris Simpson and Republicans Clint Hoffman and Randy McClement.

Ron Tobin, whose name will appear on the ballot, withdrew from the race Thursday after being diagnosed with a recurrence of prostate cancer.

	City of Frederick primaries To find out where to vote and learn about the candidates, visit www.fredericknewspost.com/cityelection2009 Sept. 15 is Frederick’s primary election day. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.