LAWRENCE — They're off!
Ten residents are vying to succeed Mayor Michael Sullivan, who cannot run for a third term because of term limits.
Nomination papers, with at least 250 signatures, were due in the City Hall elections office by 5 p.m. yesterday.
All of the mayoral candidates, including a state representative, current and former city councilors, and a decorated Marine, returned their papers well before the deadline, said Rafael Tejeda, bilingual elections coordinator.
The race now heads to the Sept. 22 primary.
Here's who's running for mayor, City Council and School Committee:
MAYOR
David Abdoo of 54 Stevens Ave., Nilka Alvarez-Rodriguez of 21 Hoffman Ave., Patrick Blanchette of 215 Ferry St., Daniel Cotnoir of 256 Broadway, Marcos Devers of 16 Woodland Ave., Nunzio DiMarca of 7 Warwick Court, William Lantigua of 61 Oak St., Pedro Payano of 556 Haverhill St., Israel Reyes of 370 Ames St., and Julia Silverio of 92 Eutaw St.
COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE (three seats)
Daniel Rivera of 12 Jefferson St., Roger Twomey (incumbent) of 17 Leeds Terrace, Frank Moran (incumbent) of 38 Dartmouth St., Howard Tejeda of 19 Poplar St., Gary Ryan of 40 White St., Nestor DeJesus of 115 Pearl St., and Marie Gosselin of 4 E. Gilbert St.
COUNCILOR DISTRICT A (one seat)
Joseph Armano of 145 Howard St., Sandy Almonte of 33 Woodland St., and Martha Leavitt of 3 Summer Ave.
COUNCILOR DISTRICT B (one seat)
Ruth Rojas of 45 Summer St., Grisel Silva (incumbent) of 42 White St., and Gary Mannion of 380 Elm St.
COUNCILOR DISTRICT C (one seat)
Jorge Gonzalez of 31 Chelmsford St. and Modesto Maldonado of 115 Spruce St.
COUNCILOR DISTRICT D (one seat)
Daniel Clark of 1 Jasper St., Nicholas Kolofoles (incumbent) of 35 Ames St., and Oneida Aquino of 332 Broadway
COUNCILOR DISTRICT E (one seat)
Eileen O'Connor Bernal of 257 Mount Vernon St., Matthew Brien of 517 Mount Vernon St., and Daniel Rooney of 27 Abbott St.
COUNCILOR DISTRICT F (one seat)
Mark Laplante of 29 Durso Ave. and Michael Fielding (incumbent) of 179 Weare St.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE DISTRICT A (one seat)
James Vittorioso (incumbent) of 274 E. Haverhill St., Rafael Gadea of 197 Union St., and Kemal Bozkurt of 11 Woodland Court
SCHOOL COMMITTEE DISTRICT B (one seat)
Martina Cruz (incumbent) of 40 Chestnut St.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE DISTRICT C (one seat)
Frank Bonet of 33 Dartmouth St.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE DISTRICT D (one seat)
Samuel Reyes (incumbent) of 432 Lowell St.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE DISTRICT E (one seat)
Peter Larocque (incumbent) of 9 Boyd St., Homayoun Maali of 53 Chester St., Mark Gray of 17 Groton St., and Yoed Cameron Santos of 15 Wood Lane
SCHOOL COMMITTEE DISTRICT F (one seat)
Jason Iarossi of 4 Ayer Road, Gregory Morris (incumbent) of 18 Market St., and James Stokes of 497 S. Union St.
GREATER LAWRENCE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL (one seat)
Leo Lamontagne (incumbent) of 10 Corbett Road, Pamela Neilon of 52 Crestwood Circle, and Richard Hamilton of 488 Mount Vernon St.
