Election season has officially started.

Wednesday, June 27 marked the deadline for candidates to declare their intentions to run for local political office. In Barrington, more than a dozen people submitted their declaration papers for offices ranging from town council and school committee to Rhode Island General Assembly seats. 

Town council

The race for two open town council seats will feature three candidates. 

Michael Carroll, a Democrat who currently serves as Barrington Town Council president, is running for re-election, as is Stephen Primiano, a Republican who has served on the council for multiple terms. Mr. Primiano and Mr. Carroll were the top two vote-getters in the 2014 — Mr. Primiano captured 32.4 percent of the votes, while Mr. Carroll received nearly 26 percent.

Jacob Brier, a Democrat, has also entered the race for one of the two available council seats.

School committee

Four people have entered the race for three open school committee seats. 

The race will feature three first-time candidates — Democrats Patrick McCrann, Erika Sevetson and Gina Bae — and one incumbent, Republican John Alessandro. Two of the school committee seats are for full four-year terms, while one of the seats is an unexpired two-year term. The unexpired seat had been filled by Independent Gina Pine, who recently announced her resignation from the board after two years. 

The top two vote-getters in the election will be awarded the four-year term seats, while the third place finishers will be given the two-year seat.

RI House, District 66

Three candidates have declared their intentions to run for the seat currently filled by Rep. Joy Hearn. The Democrat announced in January that she was not running for re-election — Rep. Hearn was first elected to the District 66 seat in 2008.

Two Democrats and one Republican will run for the open seat. The Republican is Rhonda Holmes and the Democrats are Liana Cassar and John Chung.

RI House, District 67

The race for the District 67 seat in the Rhode Island House will feature some familiar faces — the same three candidates sparred for the same General Assembly seat during the 2016 election.

Democrat Jason Knight won the seat, defeating Jan Malik and Daryl Gould. Mr. Malik, who formerly held the seat for more than a decade, will run as an Independent this year. Mr. Gould will represent the Libertarian party. 

Rep. Knight is a Barrington resident, while Mr. Malik and Mr. Gould are both Warren residents.

RI Senate, District 32

Incumbent Sen. Cynthia Coyne will run unopposed for re-election to the District 32 seat in the Rhode Island Senate. Sen. Coyne is a Democrat.

Town moderator

Julia Califano will run for the town moderator position. Ms. Califano had served as moderator for a number of years, but was unable to attend this year's financial town meeting because she was sick. Former town moderator Allan Klepper filled in during Ms. Califano's absence.

Ms. Califano is a Democrat.