Your updated list of candidates

Every seat on Philadelphia’s governing body is up for grabs in this year’s election, and the field of contenders is predictably expansive.

In addition to incumbents, most of whom say they’re running again, nearly two dozen people have announced they’ll seek an at-large seat. There are seven of those, with two reserved for a non-majority party. Several of the 10 district-level seats, which are considered harder for outsiders to win, are also being contested.

More people are expected to announce campaigns in the coming weeks, but the May 16 primary may not include all these names.

Candidates for office have to collect a certain number of constituent signatures to get on the ballot, and that process doesn’t begin until mid-February. They have until March 7 to file those nominating petitions. Opponents then have a chance to contest them, and challenges are reviewed. So we won’t know who made the final primary election cut until the end of March.