Let’s face it — a local election in an off year and in the midst of a heated presidential campaign won’t attract much attention, much less lots of voters. And tomorrow’s District primary likely isn’t much of an exception.

While in 2006 the mayoral battle between Linda Cropp and Adrian Fenty and the contest for the chairmanship of the D.C. Council gave that year’s electoral season a certain buzz, tomorrow’s choices haven’t provoked the same intensity. But amidst the lower key contests — which include the council seats for wards 2, 4, 7, 8 and two At-Large; two out of three slots on the shadow delegation; the sole delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; and the Democratic State Committee — there are a few battles that may have gotten more attention had they coincided with a livelier local election year in the District.