Six people are vying for two spots on the city council; city council members Noah Her and Jake Ingebrigtson are not running. The candidates include former Oakdale Mayor and former Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek along with Kari Moore, Raffi Paulino, Juan Santos Esquivel, Gary Severson and Christopher Thewis.

All nine Parkersburg City Council districts have contested races in the Nov. 5 general election, but only voters in District 5 will choose between three candidates. Three-term Councilman J.R. Carpenter and challenger Dell Pomeroy were unopposed in the Democratic and Republican primaries,

Mayor Laurie Elliot is running unopposed. Newport voters will pick two city council members from among four candidates. The candidates include incumbent Marvin Taylor and Paul Hansen, Josh Schmidt and Brian Xiong. Council member Kevin Chapdelaine decided not to run for re-election.