About City Council
About this position
- Office level
- City
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
- Positions
- 5 open seats
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for City Council
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
Only citizens entitled to vote and residents and voters of their respective wards and having the proper qualifications hereinbefore provided shall be eligible to be elected to the office of councilmen [councilman] from their respective wards and at large, and each councilman so elected from a ward shall continue to be a resident of the ward from which he is elected during his entire term of office.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- File a pre-candidacy registration form, certificate of announcement, and finance reports. Filing fee - 1% of the annual compensation paid for the office to which the candidate aspires. To waive filing fee - signatures of four voters registered in the political subdivision the candidate seeks to represent are required for each dollar of the filing fee
- Filing period
- January 10, 2028 - August 1, 2028
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the City Clerk's office.
- Where to file
- 321 Fourth Ave., Montgomery, WV 25136
- Filing phone
- 304-442-5181
- Step 3
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- View profileMaurice Antoine AndersonNonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2028
- View profileJill SmithNonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2028
- View profileJohn FrisbyNonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2028
- View profileLisa TignorNonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2028
- View profileRoger LandersNonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2028
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