By Pat Keeble

Editor, Contra Costa Insider

CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
First-week filings

*denotes incumbent
**denotes incumbent who has taken out papers for re-election.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of seats open; if no number, it is 1.)
Some cities have directly elected mayors, city clerks or city treasurers; others do not, or those seats are not up in this rotation.

ANTIOCH
Mayor
*Donald Freitas
Council (2)
*Arne Simonsen
*Brian Kalnowski
City Clerk
Jolene Martin
City Treasurer
Donna Conley

BRENTWOOD
Mayor
*Robert Taylor
Council (2)
*Erick Stonebarger
*Robert Brockman

CLAYTON (3)
*Julie Pierce
*Gregory Manning
*William Walcutt

CONCORD (2)
*William Shinn
*Mark Peterson

DANVILLE (3)
*Newell Arnerich
*Michael Doyle
*Candace Andersen

EL CERRITO (3)
*William Jones III
*Letitia Moore
*James Bridges

LAFAYETTE (3)
*Carol Federighi
*Michael Anderson
*Carl Anduri

MARTINEZ (2)
Couuncil
**Mark Ross
**Janet Kennedy
Michael Alford
John Fuller
City Clerk
**Gary Hernandez
City Treasurer
**Carolyn Robinson
*Charles Martin
*David Sumner

OAKLEY (3)
*Brad Nix
*Kevin Romick
Patricia Anderson

ORINDA (2)
*Steven Glazer
*Victoria Smith

PINOLE
Council (2)
*Peter Murray
*Roy Swearingen
Treasurer
*Judy Lee

PITTSBURG (2)
*Ben Johnson
*Willis Casey

PLEASANT HILL
Council (3)
*Suzanne Angeli
*David Durant
*John Kevin Hanecak
City Clerk
*Martha McInturf
City Treasurer
*Suzanne Salter

RICHMOND (3)
*Tony Thurmond
*Harpreet Sandhu
*Nathaniel Bates
*Thomas Butt
*John Marquez

SAN PABLO (3)
*Sharon Brown
*Joseph Gomes
*Leonard McNeil

WALNUT CREEK (3)
*Gwen Regalia
*Gary Skrel
(*Charles Abrams - not seeking re-election)