Candidates File for November Elections

The race is officially on for the Nov. 8 general election, when positions on the , and Board of Education will be filled.

The filing deadline for candidates in each race was 4 p.m. Tuesday and the slates include incumbents and new faces.

Following are the names of candidates who filed with the Elections Division of the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office for November races in Berkley and Huntington Woods.

City of Berkley, mayor

(Vote for not more than one; two-year term)

• Current City Council member Phil O'Dwyer filed his candidacy Tuesday.

Mayor Marilyn Stephan did not file to run in the November election, which leaves O'Dwyer as the sole candidate. Stephan was elected mayor in 2005 and before that had served on council since 1999, Berkley City Clerk Cheryl Printz said Wednesday.

"If a write-in candidate files, then you would have a race," Printz said. "But, (O'Dwyer) is the only current candidate."

If elected, O'Dwyer would leave a vacancy on the City Council that would have to be filled within 30 days by appointment, Printz said. The appointment would require at least four council votes, she said.

The appointee would serve until the next city general election, which also is when the term expires, and would be eligible to run in that election, she said. The process for determining appointee candidates has yet to be decided, Printz said.

City of Berkley, council member

(Vote for not more than three; four-year term)

• Alan Kideckel filed July 6.
• Incumbent Eileen Steadman filed Aug. 8.
• Incumbent Daniel Terbrack filed Aug. 12.

Councilman Dan Benton will not seek re-election in November, Printz said.

City of Huntington Woods, mayor

(Vote for not more than one; four-year term)

• Incumbent Ronald Gillham filed Aug. 9.

City of Huntington Woods, commissioner

(Vote for not more than two; four-year term)

• Incumbent Jeffrey Jenks filed Aug. 16.
• Incumbent Mary White filed Aug. 12.

Berkley School District, board member

(Vote for not more than two; six-year term)

• Incumbent and current board Vice President Paul Ellison filed Aug. 12.
• Paul Honkala filed Aug. 15.
• Ronald Justice filed Aug. 16.

Board of Education President Marc Katz .

Berkley School District, board member

(Vote for not more than one; partial term ending Dec. 31, 2015)

• Melissa Lampela filed Aug. 16.
• Interim board member, by appointment, Mitchell Moses filed Aug. 9.

The Board of Education in July appointed Moses to fill a seat vacated by trustee Ryan O'Gorman. Lampela was not among those who challenged Moses for the appointment.

. O'Gorman's family purchased a home outside the district, which disqualified him from serving as a trustee.

Moses will serve until Dec. 31.

Stay tuned to Berkley Patch this fall for profiles of candidates in disputed races, as well as election coverage.