With an open seat in District 9, the growing list of candidates hoping to represent the North Side now includes a school teacher, a Bexar County GOP Party precinct chairwoman, a retired Army doctor and a legislator’s chief of staff.

And with two weeks left for would-be candidates to file for a place on the May 6 ballot, every seat — save District 4 Councilman Rey Saldaña’s — appears likely to have a contested race.

In the District 9 race, Lynlie Wallace, 33, said she moved back to San Antonio in 2005 after college when she went to work for state Rep. Lyle Larson, who was then Bexar County’s Precinct 3 commissioner. During her tenure with the Republican, Wallace has developed skills useful for navigating government, she said, and wants to use her knowledge of the district to serve its residents.

Wallace, the girlfriend of U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, said she plans “to continue to raise money and run a data-driven campaign.”

“I’m going to visit 10,000 people on their doorsteps and send lots of mail and do targeted digital ads,” to inform them how she intends to represent them on council.

Schoolteacher John Courage, who has run unsuccessful Democratic campaigns in the past against U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, and state Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, said he’s embarked on a “listening tour” throughout District 9. He and his campaign staff have already knocked on 1,000 doors, he said.

“I’ve been involved a long time, and so I felt that it was a good time for me to offer to serve the community,” he said. “I feel like I’m a good neighbor, and I want to be a good neighbor for the residents of District 9.”

Courage said he’s studying traffic congestion issues and public safety concerns, along with the proposed 2017 bond program, and isn’t asking people for their votes — yet.

“I’m not asking people for their vote right now,” he said. “I’m asking them what are their concerns, what are the problems in their neighborhoods, what are the needs their communities have.”

Ret. Col. David “Doc” Cohen, whose lengthy military service includes multiple deployments and several years as chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Service at Brooke Army Medical Center, said after a long armed-services career, he’s ready for a foray into politics.

Since retiring from active duty, Cohen said he’s been looking to dip his toe in the political waters. He said he wants to ensure San Antonians’ health and safety are protected, and that they have “good roads and parks,” and an abundant water supply.

“I am opposed to what, I believe, historically has been cronyism,” he said, pointing as an example to Mayor Ivy Taylor’s shelved plans to build a Triple-A baseball stadium downtown.

Also in the race is Patricia Gibbons, who owns a land-surveying company and is a precinct chairwoman for the local GOP. She said she’s begun to shift her focus to neighborhood issues and served on the citizens’ bond oversight committee for streets, sidewalks and bridges.

It was there, she said, that she “began to see that wasteful spending that cities are doing,” adding that she wants to “bring back some common sense, some priority to our spending, and most importantly, accountability.”

Also in the race is Matt Piña, a Churchill High School graduate and former AmeriCorps member. He has said his work with “impoverished and underrepresented citizens” helped him realize a need to complete a master’s degree in political science and a need to “make a difference.”

They’re all running against Marco Barros, who has yet to officially file to run for office. Barros first surfaced as a candidate even before outgoing Councilman Joe Krier said he planned not to seek re-election. Also expected to run is Patrick Von Dohlen, a hard-line anti-abortion advocate and outspoken critic of the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance.

In other races

Five District 10 residents have registered for a place on the ballot to replace Councilman Mike Gallagher, who also decided not to seek re-election. But that race could ultimately have nine — or more — candidates, all but assuring the race will be decided in a June runoff.

In District 8 — another open seat — at least five candidates are expected to run, including Manny Pelaez and Patricia Stout. Pelaez is a lawyer and former chairman of the Brooks Development Authority. Stout owns Alamo Travel Group and is a former chairman of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Shane Hinze and Cynthia Brehm have also registered for a place on the ballot, and Anthony Valdivia is expected to do so.

Filing for a place on the ballot ends at 5 p.m. on Feb. 17