Ten Missouri City candidates have officially applied for a place on the ballot to run for City Council’s A, B, C and D district positions.

Residents can still declare their candidacy as a write-in candidate until Aug. 23. Then both ballot candidates and write-in candidates have until Aug. 26 to decide if they want to withdraw from the election and have their name removed, according to city documents.

Those who have applied for a position on the ballot include:

District A
Reginald B. Pearson, incumbent
Cheryl Sterling, retired educator

District B
Jeffrey Boney, incumbent
JaPaula Kemp, attorney and Missouri City tax increment reinvestment zone board member

District C
Anthony G. Maroulis, incumbent
Sam Chatriwala, engineering consultant
Raj Joseph, lecturer
Steve Okoroha, attorney

District D
Floyd Emery, incumbent
Cindy Forney, self-employed

Closer to the election, Community Impact Newspaper will provide more information on the candidates and their positions on issues affecting Missouri City.

Campaign timeline:
Aug. 23: last day for a write-in candidate to declare candidacy
Aug. 26: last day for a ballot candidate and write-in candidate to withdraw from the election and have name removed
Sept. 21: first day candidate political signs may be posted
Nov. 5: Election Day