The Kyle City Council races for the May 9 election are beginning to shape, and one incumbent has announced she will not seek re-election. Samantha Bellows-LeMense, the council's District 5 representative, said Tuesday she is stepping down once her term expires this year to focus on her job, where she was recently promoted. "I fully believe whenever someone runs for office they have to put 110 percent in it," Bellows-LeMense said Jan. 3 after a City Council meeting. "It wasn't necessarily that I wouldn't be able to give 110 percent, but I didn't think I would be able to give 110 percent all the time." A safety manager in the road construction field, she trains workers and monitors job sites to ensure compliance, she said. Elected in 2012, Bellows-LeMense will have served one full term in May. The District 6 seat on the council is also up for re-election. Tammy Swaton, who has served on the council since May, was elected by virtue of running unopposed. Her predecessor, Ray Bryant, stepped down from his post with one year left in his term due to an increasing workload at his job. Swaton is running against Dexter Ellison. Swaton and Ellison were the only people to have filed applications for candidacy as of Feb. 5, City Secretary Amelia Sanchez said in an email. The deadline to file is Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.