Let the campaign season begin.

The field of candidates for this year’s election were set when the qualifying deadline lapsed at noon today.

The most-watched Pensacola race will be the mayor’s contest, where Ashton J. Hayward faces off against Donna M. Clark. Two City Council seats are up for grabs, as incumbent Sherri Myers faces Dennis R. Tackett in District 2 and Brian Spencer faces Mark Taylor in the District 6 race.

Two Escambia County Commission seats are contested, with incumbent Gene Valentino facing fellow Republican Doug Underhill in the Aug. 26 primary in District 2.

The winner there will face the winner of the Democratic primary, which features Ray Guillory and Deborah Moore.

Incumbent District 4 Commissioner Grover Robinson, a Republican, faces Democrat Michael Lowery in the general election in November.

The sole elected seat on the Santa Rosa Island Authority is contested, with incumbent Thomas Campanella facing challenger Teresa Preston.

The Escambia School Board District 3 race is contested also, where incumbent Linda Moultrie will face challenges from Laura Dortch Edler and Charlie Nichols.

The circuit judge’s seat for group 22 is contested, with Jennie Kinsey facing Michelle Inere

Re-elected without opposition in Escambia County were:

-- ECUA board members Dale Perkins and Lois Benson.

-- Pensacola City Councilman Larry B. Johnson.

-- Escambia County School Board members Jeff Bergosh and Gerald Boone.

-- Circuit Judges Terry Michael Jones, J. Scott Duncan, W. Joel Boles, Ross Logan Bilbrey, Thomas Richard Santurri, Jan Shackelford, Edward P. Nickinson III, John F. Simon Jr., and Michael G. Allen.

-- County Judge Darlene Dickey.

In state races, both incumbent Republican representatives from this area, Clay Ingram and Mike Hill, face Democratic challengers. Democratic Gloria Robertson-Wiggins faces Ingram. Hill faces his opponent from the last election cycle, Democrat Jeremy Lau.

State Sen. Greg Evers returns to office without opposition.

Download the full candidate list here.

Or visit the Escambia Supervisor of Elections Office.

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