The deadline to file for the 2026 municipal election has passed.
Anyone planning to run for council, mayor, or school board trustee in this fall’s municipal election had until 2:00 p.m. Friday to submit their nomination papers to their local clerk.
Here is the unofficial list of candidates running for mayor and council in the City of Belleville.
Mayor (1 to be elected)
- Neil Ellis
- Kyle Woolven
- Don Metzger
- Paul Fleming
Belleville – Ward 1 (six to be elected)
- Barbara Enright-Miller
- Maury Flunder
- Cathy Polan
- Margaret Seu
- Ted Barfett
- Garnet Thompson
- Alex Bruce
- Kelly Henderson
- Lori Borthwick
- Hazzem Koudsi
- Carrie Lough
- Ryan Hilmi
- Cadi Pontinen
- Jeremy T. Davis
- Paul Bell
- Sean Kelly
Thurlow – Ward 2 (two to be elected)
- Paul Carr
- Kathryn Brown
- Aaron Fagan
- Stephen Scott
