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Primary Election Won't Be Necessary in Wyandotte

Ten people are running for six City Council seats. Mayor, clerk and treasurer posts are uncontested.

Posted Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:32 pm ET|Updated Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 6:57 am ET

A primary election won't be necessary before the May 7, 2013 election.

The deadline to file for office was at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Mayor Joseph Peterson and City Clerk William Griggs are running unopposed for re-election.

Councilman Todd Browning cannot run again because of Wyandotte's term limits that keep a mayor or councilmember to three consecutive terms in office.

Instead, Browning is running unopposed for treasurer.

Jerry Kupser and Tom Woodruff are running for city assessor.

Those running for council are:

Councilman James DeSana has publicly said he will not seek re-election.

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