The filing deadlines for City Council candidates on Tuesday brought some familiar names back into the political arena for the November elections.
In Plymouth, former Mayor Judy Johnson, who lost a tight race for state senator in 2006 against DFL Sen. Terri Bonoff, is back on the ballot -- this time seeking the council seat for Ward 1.
The council member who has held that seat, Sandy Hewitt, is not running for reelection. Johnson will face four competitors: Jim Davis, David Miller, Daniel Hendrickson and Karl Neset.
In Eden Prairie, four people have filed for two at-large City Council seats, including Ron Case, a former council member who was the runner-up in the last mayoral race.
Incumbents Brad Aho and Sherry Butcher are seeking reelection. Challenging them are Jeffrey Meyerhofer and Case, who ran for mayor in 2006 and was defeated by the current mayor, Phil Young.
And in Medina, Mayor Tom Crosby is facing a challenge from the former mayor, Bruce Workman, whom Crosby beat when Workman was the incumbent in 2006. Then, Crosby won by a sizable margin -- 64 to 36 percent.
Following are some of the other contests shaping up in the west metro. Incumbents are noted with a star after their name:
CHANHASSEN
City Council (at large, two seats): Jerry McDonald*, Bethany Tjornhom*, Richard Gavert, Gary Foster
CHASKA
Mayor: Gary Van Eyll*, Jay Rohe (currently the Ward 4 council member)
City Council, Ward 2: Greg Boe, Sara Machakaire
City Council, Ward 4: Rick Ford, Michael Huang
EDINA
Mayor: Jim Hovland*, Daniel Azar
City Council (at large, two seats): Mary Brindle, Wayne W. Dvorak, John Lonsbury, Kim Montgomery, Richard J. Olson, Josh Sprague, Ann Swenson*, K.K. Thomson and Ted Volk
LONG LAKE
Mayor: Randy Gilbert*, Sharon Henderson
City Council (at large, two seats): Donny Chillstrom, Liz Olson, Brian Carpenter, Jim Benson*
MAPLE GROVE
City Council (at large, two seats): Brian Adamovich, Erik Johnson, Daniel Kline, Travis Petrie, LeAnn Sargent*, Larry Schmauss, Clark Aaron Young
MEDINA
City Council (at large, two seats): Elizabeth Weir*, Mike Siitari and Chris Paul
ORONO
Mayor: Jim White*
City Council (at large, two seats): Douglas Franchot, Walter Koronkiewicz, Lili McMillan*, David Runkle
PLYMOUTH
City Council (at large): Jim Willis*, Mike Schindler, Christopher Empson, James (Murphy) Prom, Stephen Keckonen
City Council, Ward 3: Bob Stein*, Brendan Tupa
WAYZATA
Mayor: Ken Willcox, currently a council member
City Council (at large, two seats): Mary Bader*, Tom Tanner, Andrew Mullin
LAURIE BLAKE, JENNA ROSS, MARY JANE SMETANKA