Claremont — Four of the nine city councilors elected two years ago will not be seeking another term in the Nov. 7 city elections and a fifth resigned in August.

The only contested races will be in Ward I with former Democratic state Rep. Andrew O’Hearne, a retired city police officer, facing Republican state Rep. Francis Gauthier and for the four at-large seats, where there are six candidates, including incumbent Nicholas Koloski, who now represents Ward III, recently appointed Abigail Kier and Lee-Anne Deveney, Claire Lessard, David Pacetti and Jeremy Zullo.

Ward I Councilor Carolyn Towle, who had announced earlier she would not be rerunning because of health reasons, and at-large Councilors John Simonds, Keith Raymond and Bruce Temple did not file as candidates by Friday’s deadline.

Incumbent Mayor Charlene Lovett and incumbent Assisted Mayor Allen Damren, appointed to fill the seat of Vic Bergeron, who resigned in August and moved out of town, are running uncontested, as is Jonathan Stone in Ward III. Kier was appointed this month to Damren’s at-large seat.