It's official.

Former CHCH reporter and anchor Donna Skelly has entered Hamilton's Ward 7 byelection.

Skelly says she registered as a candidate Tuesday morning.

Her entry raises the number of candidates competing for the central Mountain council seat vacated by Scott Duvall to 14.

Duvall gave up his seat after being elected the New Democrat MP for Hamilton Mountain in October.

The other candidates in the race are Bob Charters, Uzma Qureshi, Damin Starr, Tim Gordon, Geraldine McMullen, Hans Zuriel, Robert Bolton, Philip Bradshaw, John-Paul Danko, Doug Farraway, Gregory Lenko, Anthony Nicoll and Howard Rabb.

Candidate registration ends Feb. 5. Voting day is March 21.

Skelly was let go last month from CHCH with other longtime staffers in a major restructuring of local news coverage.

She's currently covering the Tim Bosma trial for CHML radio.