Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Among the reasons cited for the city mayor's decision to abstain from running for reelection were the high cost of electioneering, waning popularity of his party, and desiring to spend more time with his family.