Bluffton voters will select four candidates in  a 10-candidate race for Bluffton council seats on the Nov. 7 general election. This is the highest number of candidates in several elections.

The four top vote-getters will win four-year council terms beginning Jan. 1, 2018, and ending Dec. 30, 2021.

The following names will be printed on the Nov. 7 ballot. Write-in candidates may still file petitions to run, but their names will not be on the ballot. The write-in filing deadline is in August.

Candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot follow:

Party candidates (filing deadline was in Febrary)
• Jerry Cupples - Republican
• Mitch Kingsley - Democrat
• David Steiner - Republican

Independents – (filing deadline was in early May)
• Sean Burrell
• Ralph Miller
• Tony Pinks
• Benjamin Stahl
• Phillip Talavinia
• Roger Warren
• Debra Weihrauch

Council members whose seats expire on Dec. 31 are:
• Sean Burrell
• Ralph Miller
• Phillip Talavinia
• Roger Warren

Council members who are not up for reelection this year:
• Richard Johnson
• Joseph Sehlhorst