Petitions open Wednesday for Aurora residents who want to run for Aurora City Council.

Nomination petition sections for the Nov. 4 election are available starting Aug. 6 at the Aurora City Clerk’s Office in the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy and will be available Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are due back by Aug. 26, according to a city news release.

Candidates for at-large positions have to get 100 signatures of registered electors. Candidates for ward positions need 50 signatures within their ward. 

City Council candidates have to be at least 21 years old on election day and have to have lived in Aurora for at least one year before the election. Ward candidates have to live in the ward they are running for.

More election information can be found on the city’s website.

There are five council seats up for election this November, including one each in wards I, II and III, and two at-large. Twenty candidates have filed to run for the election in Aurora’s campaign finance system. 

Seven candidates have signaled their intent to run in the race to replace current councilmember Crystal Murillo in Ward I, with pastor Reid Hettich leading the financial race with more than $16,000 in contributions to his campaign, according to Aurora’s campaign finance system.

Other Ward I candidates include Christopher Belila, Javier Chavez, Stephen Elkins, Gianina Horton, Leandra Steed and James Willett. Murillo has not announced a campaign for re-election.

Two candidates are currently running for Ward II, including incumbent Steve Sundberg, who is leading the financial race with more than $38,000 in campaign contributions, and Amy Wiles, who has raised more than $2,500 for her campaign. 

Ward III has three candidates so far, including incumbent Ruben Medina, who has raised $300 for his campaign. Leading him financially is former councilmember Marsha Berzins, who has raised more than $18,000. Megan Siffring joined the race earlier this month and has not yet raised any money for her campaign, according to the campaign finance site.

Eight candidates are in the running so far for two at-large seats and incumbent Danielle Jurinsky is leading the financial pack by a wide margin, having raised almost $185,000 for her campaign. Incumbent Amsalu Kassaw sits behind Jurinsky with almost $45,000 for his campaign. 

Other at-large candidates include Rob Andrews, who has raised almost $21,000, Alli Jackson with more than $2,000, Aaron Futrell with $75, Watson Gomes, Jorge Hernandez and David Manter.