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