Thirteen more Dearborn residents have pulled petitions to run for Dearborn City Council, bringing the number to date to 26.

When we last wrote about this race on March 4, just 13 had pulled petitions. For that story, click HERE

It isn’t yet clear whether all will run but if the field stays larger than 14, and it appears that will indeed happen, Dearborn will have to hold a primary election for city council in August. The filing deadline for those interested in running for council is May 12.

We will be the first to say that Dearborn residents like their incumbents, which means it could be more of the same. However, if the unhappy mood today from residents about their city government and the state of their city carries into the voting booth in November, we could see a lot of fresh faces on city council.

All of the current council members have pulled petitions to seek reelection, except Tom Tafelski. Odds are he too will seek reelection, although some around town keep dropping hints to us that he is considering a run for mayor.

So the list looks like this: Council members, Robert Abraham, George Darany, Nancy Hubbard, Suzanne Sareini, Mark Shooshanian and Doug Thomas are all in.

Those hoping to unseat this group include:

1. David W. Bazzy (former Charter Commission member)
2. Michael Berry (ran a solid but unsuccessful campaign for council in 2005)
3. Khalil Dakhlallah
4. Mark J. Dawdy
5. Stephen S. Dobkowski Jr. (former Charter Commissioner later removed from office because of unpaid property taxes)
6. Sharon Dulmage (former school board member)
7. Andrew Giordano
8. Bradley Hajec
9. Rabih Hammoud
10. George Hart (a former state senator who long ago retired from politics. He turns 82 in May)
11. Trinette L. Jordan
12. Vincent Laing
13. Scott J. Marquette
14. Maureen A. McIlrad-Noland
15. Brian C. O’Donnell
16. Mark. A Otlewski
17. Ali Sayed (runs Hype Athletics in conjunction with Dearborn Rec. Dept.)
18. Kristyn Taylor
19. Raymond T. Trudeau (former Charter Commissioner)
20. Adrenne M. Wygonik (wife of 19th District Judge Richard Wygonick)