Tempe City Clerk Brigitta Kuiper has confirmed that the names of one Mayoral candidate and six City Council candidates will appear on the city’s March 8 General/Special Election ballot.
There will be one election in the spring rather than a Primary Election and a General Election. According to a city Charter amendment approved by voters in 2012, if no more than two candidates file nomination petitions for each vacancy, the city does not have to hold a Primary Election. In that case, the General Election can instead be held on the date the Primary Election would have been held.
A city Charter amendment also will appear on the March 8 ballot. It proposes lowered limits on candidate campaign contribution limits.
Offices to be filled through the March 8 election include the Mayor and three City Council seats. The certified candidate for Mayor is Mark Mitchell. Certified candidates for City Council are: Phil Amorosi; Irina Baroness von Behr; Ernesto Fonseca; Kolby Granville; Randy Keating; and Joel Navarro. Elected candidates will be sworn in to four-year terms in July.
Vice Mayor Corey Woods is not seeking re-election to the City Council.
Prospective candidates were required to submit nomination paperwork and petitions containing between 1,129 and 2,257 valid signatures by the Dec. 9 deadline. Nomination petitions and paperwork are subject to legal challenge. The deadline to file a challenge is Dec. 23.
The deadline for voter registration is Feb. 8. Early ballots will be mailed Feb. 10.