The 2007 election season is officially underway. Monday was the filing deadline for city council and mayoral races in Utah County.

City council races occur every two years, offset from the usual voting years for presidential elections and midterm elections.

In Provo, four of seven seats are up for grabs, including the seats of Cynthia Dayton, Midge Johnson, Barbara Sandstrom, and Steve Turley.

In 2005, council candidates spent big bucks in Provo. Chairman George Stewart spent $22,000 with his opponent Mark Sumsion spending $16,000. Most other candidates spent somewhere between $4,000 and $6,000.

In Mapleton, Mayor James Brady won't be running for re-election. Instead, his wife Laurel Brady will be running. As of Monday afternoon, she was the only person running.

Primary elections will be held on Sept. 11.

To find your polling place, visit elections.utah.gov.

Here is a list of local candidates:

Provo

Four City Council positions are available.

City Wide Council District 2

Dave Knecht

Coy D. Porter

Christopher Stowe

Steve Turley

Council District 1

Cynthia R. Dayton

Mark T. Sumsion

Council District 3

Midge Johnson

Melanie McCoard

Robin G. Roberts

Brian J. Smith

Council District 4

Sherrie Hall Everett

Barbara Sandstrom

Howard Stone

V. Kay Van Buren

Santaquin

Three positions are available.

City Council

Filip Askerlund

Martin P. Green

Mike Jayme

Allen Reed

Tracy R. Roberts

Brent Vincent

Woodland Hills

Three positions are available. Incumbent Edwin "Mac" Baldwin is not running for re-election.

City Council

Lyn Bennett

Robert Stephen (Steve) Carter

Floyd Cottam

William T. Collins Jr.

Robert E. Fisher

Sarah Hughes

Jerry Johnson

Charles H. Spence

Mapleton

Mayor

Laurel Brady

Stan Sorensen

Ann Tolley

City Council

Three positions are available.

Richard Mangot

Ben Christensen

Michael Cobia

Michael Nelson

Genola

Two positions are available. Incumbent John Roberts is not running for re-election.

Stan Judd

Alvin Robison

Kendell Ewell

Chris Greenwood

Cedar Hills

Three City Council positions are available.

Darren M. Gilbert

Kenneth G. Kirk

Gary J. Maxwell

Gary Naisbitt

Jim Perry

Marisa Wright

Elk Ridge City

Three positions are available. Incumbents Mary Rugg and Mark Johnson are not running for re-election.

Kevin C. Hansbrow

Alvin L. Harward

Julie Haskell

John F. Hoschouer

Dennis G. Jacobson

Derrek M. Johnson

Sean Roylance

Springville

Three City Council positions are available.

Phillip F. Bird

Rodney L. Burt

Michele M. Dugdale

Darren A. Hardy

Dean F. Olsen

Stacey R. Petersen

J. Niel Strong

Paul Wake

Spanish Fork

Three City Council positions are available.

Matt Barber

Jeremy Coe

Rodney C. Dart

Richard Money Davis

C. Timothy Ernst

Jim Garside

Brian R. Hughes

Rosemary H. Jarman

Jens P. Nielson

Alex Stone

Scott Ward

Salem

Three City Council positions are available.

Lynn Durrant

Terry A. Ficklin

Todd R. Gordon

R. Lee Richan

Burke Tervort

Fairfield

Two Town Council seats are available.

Michael Burch

Wayne Taylor

Darwin Bundy

RLynn Yergensen

Cedar Fort

Two Town Council seats are available.

Machelle Clegg

Weston Ault

Stacy Dehlin

Steven Jukes

John Troy Gifford

Lindon

Mayor

One two- year term is available, completing the four-year term of Mayor Jeff Acerson.

Jim Dain

Ben Nolte

City Council

Three seats are available.

Lindsey Bayless

Bruce Carpenter

Jerald Hatch

Matthew Bean

Ronald A. Hatfield

Robert L. Mount

Orem

Three City Council seats are available.

Margaret Black

Steve Hemingway

Carl Hernandez

D. Duane Jacobs

Edward Lalone

Ron McDonald

Mark Seastrand

Tom Fifita Sitake

Brent R. Sumner

Derek J. Whetten

Michael J. Whimpey

Gary A. Wise

Dan L. Wright

Eagle Mountain

Mayor

Richard J. Culbertson

Wolfgang R. Franz

Heather Jackson

City Council

Three seats are available.

Donna R. Burnham

Edwin Camacho

Eric Cieslak

Robert K. DeKorver, Jr.

Randall Fenn

Bryan Free

Kenneth A. Hixson

Ryan Ireland

Eleonore M. McLain

Nathan K. Ochsenhirt

Linn Strouse

American Fork

Three four-year City Council seats are available.

George E. Brown, Jr.

Sherry Kramer

Shirl Don LeBaron

Jason Porter

Ricky K. Storrs

One two-year City Council seat is available.

Dale O. Gunther

Lehi

Three City Council seats are available.

James Dixon

Mark I. Johnson

Johnny Revill

George Harris

Craig Laurence

Julian Mercer

Carolyn G. Nelson

Jeffrey M. Ray

Steven Roll

Vineyard

Two Town Council seats are available.

Tyler Bergen

Melanie Dean

Sean Fernandez

Nathan Riley

Saratoga Springs

Three City Council seats are available.

C. Brent Call

J. Scott Kahn

Ludmya (Mia) B. Love

Jim Miller

Reggie Nozawa

Bernard (Bud) Poduska

Alpine

Three City Council seats are available.

Bradley Reneer

Troy Stout

Kent Hastings

Kimberly Bryant

Jim Tracy

Ted York

American Fork

Three, four-year City Council seats are available.

Sherry Kramer

Shirl Don leBaron

Jason Porter

One, two-year City Council seats are available.

Dale O. Gunther

Goshen

Two open seats, no candidates filed

Highland

Three, four-year City Council seats are available.

Kathryn Schramm, incumbent

Steve King, incumbent

Glen Vawdrey, incumbent

Chad Copier

Brian Braithwaite

Larry Mendenhall

Jay Haws

Pleasant Grove

Three, four-year City Council seats are available.

Richard W. Ables

Peter Bowen

Bruce Call

Jeffrey D. Wilson

Cindy Boyd

Barbara J. Wells

Erin Daniel

George Church

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D1.