Fields were officially set in races to represent the city of Statesboro, when the qualifying period for elections ended Friday at City Hall.
Three offices will appear on election ballots this November — mayor, and District 1 and 4 Statesboro City Council seats. Two will be contested.
By 4:30 p.m. Friday, the deadline to qualifying for office, four individuals had thrown their hats into the ring for the mayor’s race. Two others will seek to represent District 1 on City Council.
City Councilman John Riggs will run unopposed for the District 4 seat.
The ballot for mayor features incumbent Mayor Joe Brannen, Jonathan McCollar, Jan Moore and Bill Thomas.
Brannen, 74, has served as mayor since his election in 2009.
In the decade prior, he served as a city councilman representing District 4 (elected in 1998). As a councilman, Brannen was nominated as mayor pro tem in 2001 and 2006.
The retired consumer finance professional qualified Friday at City Hall.
Moore, 51, submitted paperwork to run Monday. She will seek public office for the first time.
The Statesboro native is a Bulloch County public schools psychologist and Statesboro Herald business editor.
McCollar, 39, joined the race Friday, and will make his fourth run at local office. The senior community manager for the American Cancer Society, and former chairman of the Bulloch County Democratic Party, was defeated in a runoff for the District 1 City Council seat least year, and previously ran unsuccessfully for offices with the Bulloch County Commission and Georgia House of Representatives.
Thomas, 49, who also qualified Friday, will seek office for a second time. The owner of a local business, Thomas ran for the District 1 City Council seat in 2009 and lost in the runoff election.
In the District 1 race, incumbent City Councilman Phil Boyum will square off with local business owner Kelly Dabbs.
Boyum, 43, will again run for council less than one year after capturing the seat.
He took the reigns at the beginning of this year, upon garnering 60 percent of votes in a runoff for a special city election. The election was held to fill the seat left vacant by Tommy Blitch, who resigned because of health concerns.
Boyum is a marketing consultant/radio voice at Georgia Eagle Media radio stations.
Dabbs, 47, is seeking pubic office for a first time.
The Statesboro native is the owner of Southern Aquatics Services, a pond/water-habitat management company in Statesboro.
In addition to the responsibilities tied to each position, winners of the local races will be granted a salary, and can opt in for city staff benefits (health insurance, life insure, retirement, disability).
The mayor’s office earns an $18,685.08 yearly salary.
Councilmen receive $7,575 annually — $9,342.60 for mayor pro tem.
Terms for council and mayor are four years.
The Statesboro city election will be held Nov. 5.

Jeff Harrison may be reached at (912) 489-9454.