Melissa Harrigan recently announced she plans on seeking re-election in the fall.
The West Kent councillor will compete for one of two seats against five other candidates who have already come forward.
Elsewhere, Albert Pilbeam announced his intentions in Ward 2, joining seven other candidates who have already signed up.
Lauren Aziz will run in Ward 3, alongside six other candidates so far, all vying for one seat.
Mayor: West Kent Coun. Lauren Anderson, Chatham Coun. Michael Bondy, Nelson Burm, incumbent mayor Darrin Canniff and Ryan Gow.
Chatham Ward 6: Ben Labadie, Brian Machado, Sheila Moir-Martin, Karen Montgomery and incumbent Alysson Storey. (Two seats.)
Chatham Ward 7: Steve Adkins, Michael Fife, incumbent Amy Finn, Dustin Gawne, Larry Hutchins, Steve Kenney, Marc King, Jason Reynolds and Doug Robbins. (Two seats.)
Chatham Ward 8: Sandra Dorner, Ryan Drouillard, John Duquette, Andy Fisher, Paul Graciano, Debbie Martin, Rick Nicholls, Stephani Shill, Scott Thompson and Luke Van Der Vliet. (Two seats.)
South West Kent Ward 1: Tom Askew, Mark Authier, Michael Bond, incumbent Melissa Harrigan, Andrea Palmer and Gerhard Taves. (Two seats.)
South East Kent Ward 2: Chad Carnie; Matthew Giffin, Matt Lamarche, Denise Maynard, Albert Pilbeam, Brad Snobelen, Spencer Stinson and Hassan Tariq. (Two seats.)
North East Kent Ward 3: Lauren Aziz, Kyle Carter, Cory Couture, Mark Huston, Emery Huszka, Matthew Pietens and James Plunkett. (One seat.)
North West Kent Ward 4: John Cummings, Kirk Hooker and incumbent Rhonda Jubenville. (One seat.)
Wallaceburg Ward 5: Brendan Authier, Loree Bailey, Steve Burritt, Jay Debuck, Zac Nicholson, Dave Hyatt and Chris Young. (Two seats.)
Nominations are open until Aug. 21. Anyone interested in running can access the necessary information on the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s webpage.
Editor’s note: This is the list of candidates available on the municipality’s webpage as of press time July 3. The list does not include school board candidates.
