CUMMING — Qualifying for three Cumming City Council seats on the Nov. 3 ballot wrapped up Wednesday as another four candidates made their election bids official, bringing the total field to nine candidates.

While incumbent Lewis Ledbetter will not face opposition for the Post 3 seat he has held since 1971, the Post 4 and 5 races drew six and two candidates, respectively.

“He’ll still be listed on the ballot, but he’ll be the only name,” said City Clerk Jeff Honea of Ledbetter. “He’s pretty well automatically got his seat, but the other two have people running in both of those.”

The Post 5 contest features Linda Ledbetter and Julie Tressler, both of whom ran unsuccessfully in the June special election to fill the unexpired Post 1 term of Rupert Sexton, who retired. Chuck Welch, a local banker, won the seat and took office in July.

For Post 4, the six-candidate field includes John Crowe, Christopher Light, Guy McBrayer, Dana Sexton, Marcus “Jack” Shoemake and Avery Stone. Sexton is the wife of Rupert Sexton.

The winners will be the candidates who garner the most votes in their races. There won’t be a runoff.

The election is guaranteed to result in two new council members, as incumbents Ralph Perry in Post 4 and John D. Pugh in Post 5 announced last month that they would be retiring after their terms expire at year’s end.

Perry was first elected to the council in 1979 and Pugh in 1993. Both men cited health as a factor in their decisions.

Voters may recognize the names of some of the political hopefuls.

Linda Ledbetter is a former Forsyth County commissioner and retired educator.

Tressler, a real estate agent and small business owner, ran for the District 5 commission post in 2008 when Linda Ledbetter didn’t seek a second term. She fell by 30 votes to Jim Boff in the Republican primary runoff election.

Citing their qualifying paperwork, Honea said that McBrayer worked in auto sales and Avery Stone is a small business owner. Shoemake is a project manager and former county commissioner.

According to the paperwork, John Crowe is a park ranger for Forsyth County, while Christopher Light is an attorney with Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith in Cumming. He also is the son of Darla Light, who chairs the Forsyth County Board of Education.

Potential candidates had to be registered to vote, at least 21 years old and have lived in the city limits for at least one year. The fee to qualify was $180.

Those qualifying had to declare which seat they were seeking, though balloting is citywide. Cumming has about 2,600 registered voters.

The deadline to register to vote in the election is Oct. 2. Advance voting for the election is scheduled to begin Oct. 12. Election Day is Nov. 3.