Eleven Islanders threw their names in for consideration by Mercer Island voters in the November general election for the City Council, according to King County Elections.
This fall, there are five open seats.
Position No. 1: Incumbent Jane Meyer Brahm will run against Dave Wisenteiner. Brahm was appointed in January 2011 and ran unopposed later that year.
Position No. 3: Newcomers Wendy Weiker and Salim Nice will face off for the open position currently held by Mike Cero, who said he will not run again in the fall. Cero ran unopposed in the last election.
Position No. 4: The position recently vacated by Joel Wachs will be open as a two-year unexpired term. Jeff Sanderson and Carl Silverberg filed for that position. Silverberg withdrew from the race on May 27.
The current Council plans to appoint someone else to fill the position until November. In an informal vote on May 18, it decided to appoint Terry Pottmeyer, the runner-up of the last vacancy process.
Position No. 5: Bruce Bassett, incumbent and current mayor, will be opposed by Thomas Acker. Bassett was elected in 2007 and ran unopposed in 2011.
Position No. 7: Incumbent Debbie Bertlin has two challengers: Darren Gold and Traci Granbois. Click here for information on the Aug. 4 primary election for this seat.
Bertlin defeated incumbent El Jahncke in 2011 in the only contested race that year. There was also only one contested race in 2009, when Ira Appelman ran against incumbent Dan Grausz for Position No. 2. There were two contested and two unopposed races in the election before that, in 2007.
Grausz was re-elected in 2013, and Benson Wong won the race for open Position No. 6. Tana Senn ran unopposed for Position No. 4.
The last time all open seats for the Mercer Island City Council were contested was in 2005.
City Council members serve four year terms, with even and odd numbered positions alternating for election every two years. There are no term limits.
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This story was updated at 3 p.m. on May 27, and at noon on July 13.