"Each Commissioner and the Mayor shall be elected at-large for four year terms by the electors of the City in the manner provided in Article 5 of this Charter.” [Municipal Charter § 2.3(a)]

A City General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, and if necessary, a Run-Off Election will occur on Tuesday, December 4, 2012.

The following seats will be up for election at that time:

• Residential Area Commissioner-Seat 01, Northern Area* (incumbent:  Lewis J. Thaler is termed out.)
• Residential Area Commissioner-Seat 03, Southern Area* (incumbent: George “Bud” Scholl)

Official Candidate Qualifying with the City Clerk will occur the 76th to the 73rd day before the election. For the 2012 election year the qualifying period will commence on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. and end on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
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A City General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 2014, and if necessary, a Run-Off Election will occur on Tuesday, December 2014.

The following seats will be up for election at that time:

• Mayor (incumbent:  Norman S. Edelcup is termed out.)
• Residential Area Commissioner-Seat 02, Central Area* (incumbent:  Jeanette Gatto)
• Residential Area Commissioner-Seat 04, Mid-South Area* (incumbent:  Isaac Aelion)

* “Persons running from a particular Residential Area must be a resident of the Residential Area which s/he proposes to represent on the Commission at the time of qualifying, at the time of his/her election and must continue to reside in such Residential Area during his/her term of office.” [Municipal Charter §2.3(b)]

“Only electors of the City who have resided continuously in the City for at least one year preceding the date of such filing (and in the respective Residential Area from which the candidate may seek to qualify for election) shall be eligible to hold the office of Commissioner, including Mayor.” [Municipal Charter §2.4]

Electoral Districts

• Congressional: 20th
• State Senatorial: 35th
• State House: 106th
• County Commission: 4th
• School Board: 3rd