Chattanooga elects its city council and mayor every four years on the first Tuesday in March, four months after the U.S. presidential election. A move by City Councilwoman Deborah Scott to change the election cycle to coincide with the national and state elections was voted down earlier this year.

Scott is not running for re-election after serving one term. Another council member, Sally Robinson, has also decided to step down in order to concentrate on her real estate business.

Mayor Ron Littlefield is term-limited.

Here now are your candidates for the March 2013 election. Click a district number for the council candidates, or scroll down the page to see the mayoral candidates.

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District 1

Jim Folkner

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• Past political experience: Led citizen group attempting to recall Mayor Ron Littlefield
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Pat Hagan

• Bio: Retired from TVA
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• Social media: Facebook

Chip Henderson

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• Past political experience: Former Hamilton County School Board Chairman
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Tom McCullough

• Bio: Former high school principal
• Past political experience: None
• Website: www.tomforcitycouncil.com
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District 2

Jerry Mitchell

• Bio: Former Parks & Recreation director
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• Social media: Twitter

Priscilla Simmons

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Roger Tuder

• Bio: Executive, Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee
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• Social media: Twitter

District 3

Pam Ladd

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Ken Smith

• Bio: Businessman; CIO
• Past political experience: Candidate for Hamilton County Board of Education
• Website: www.electkensmith.com
• Social media: Facebook | Twitter

District 4

Jack Benson

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Larry Grohn

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• Social media: LinkedIn

Ryan King

• Bio: Real estate broker
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• Website: www.voteryanking.com
• Social media: Facebook

Scott McColpin

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• Website: www.scott-for-city-council.com/
• Social media: Facebook

Tom Tomisek

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District 5

Russell Gilbert Sr.

• Bio: Hospital Food Service Director, Nonprofit CEO
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District 6

Carol Berz

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District 7

Chris Anderson

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Karl Epperson

• Bio: Advocate for the disabled
• Past political experience: 2005 mayoral candidate
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Manny Rico

• Bio: St. Elmo business owner
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Tramble Stephens

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District 8

Moses Freeman Jr.

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Andraé McGary

• Bio: See City Council page
• First elected: 2009
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District 9

Yusuf Hakeem

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Peter Murphy

• Bio: Attorney
• First elected: 2009
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Mayor

Andy Berke

• Bio: Attorney
• Past political experience: State Senate, District 10, 2007-2012
• Website: www.andyberke.com
• Social media: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

Chester Heathington

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Guy Satterfield

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Charter Amendment

Details coming soon.
If you have information to contribute about any of these candidates, please leave a comment below. Comments are moderated, but all views are welcome as long as they don’t violate basic decency.