HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Huntsville City Council President Mark Russell is assured of winning a fourth term.

Russell was unopposed heading into Tuesday, the final day for City Council and school board candidates to qualify for the Aug. 26 municipal election, and did not draw any challengers as the 5 p.m. deadline passed.

His District 2 council seat covers the downtown historic neighborhoods, parts of northeast Huntsville, Blossomwood, Monte Sano, Hampton Cove, Big Cove and Jones Valley.

Only one new candidate emerged Tuesday: Rosemary List Schexnayder, who qualified to run for the District 3 City Council seat representing south Huntsville.

This will be Schexnayder's second political race. She ran for the District 2 council seat in 1994, finishing sixth out of seven candidates competing to replace Jimmy Wall.

Her opponents this time are Huntsville school board member Jennie Robinson and Walt Hennessee, vice president of the Huntsville South civic group. Current District 3 Councilman John Olshefski is not seeking re-election.

Councilman Bill Kling drew a single challenger -- city government watcher Jackie Reed -- as he seeks a seventh term representing District 4. Their race will have a familiar feel, as Reed previously tried to unseat Kling in the 2010, 2006, 2002, 1998 and 1994 city elections.

District 4 covers the neighborhoods around Huntsville High School, Crestwood Medical Center, UAH and John Hunt Park, plus Lowe Mill and Merrimack Mill Village.

The three Huntsville Board of Education races on the ballot next month will dramatically alter the look of the school board, as incumbents Robinson, David Blair and Topper Birney are all stepping down when their current terms end.

Five candidates – Ellen Brusick, Elisa Ferrell, Anson Knowles, Kathie Rooker and Pat Sanders – are competing to replace Robinson as south Huntsville's school board voice from District 3.

Richard V. Buchanan and Beth Wilder qualified to run for the District 2 seat being vacated by Blair, the current school board president. Blair made a bid for state Senate but lost to incumbent Paul Sanford in the June 3 Republican primary.

In District 4, Huntsville Planning Commission member Kimberly Battle and former Chapman Middle School Principal Walker McGinnis will square off for the seat being vacated by Topper Birney.

Here's the official list of candidates for the Aug. 26 municipal election:

HUNTSVILLE CITY COUNCIL

District 2

Mark Russell (incumbent)

District 3

Walt Hennessee

Jennie Robinson

Rosemary List Schexnayder

(Incumbent John Olshefski not seeking re-election)

District 4

Bill Kling (incumbent)

Jackie Reed

HUNTSVILLE BOARD OF EDUCATION

District 2

Richard V. Buchanan

Beth Wilder

(Incumbent David Blair not seeking re-election)

District 3

Ellen Brusick

Elisa Ferrell

Anson Knowles

Kathie Rooker

Pat Sanders

(Incumbent Jennie Robinson not seeking re-election)

District 4

Kimberly Battle

Walker McGinnis

(Incumbent Topper Birney not seeking re-election)