Up for election will be City Council seats in all seven wards and four at-large seats for two-year terms. Also on the ballot are the six School Committee seats and the city clerk, all for two-year terms.
The mayor is a four-year term and will not be on the ballot until the 2023 election.
Wards 2, 3 and 4 will have new representation after this election as all three seats are open. Ward 2's Kevin Morandi, Ward 3's Nicholas Caccamo and Ward 4's Chris Connell have all stated they will not run for re-election.
Incumbents are Helen Moon in Ward 1, Patrick Kavey in Ward 5, Dina Guiel Lampiasi in Ward 6 and Anthony Maffuccio in Ward 7. Nominees are required to have the signatures of 50 registered voters who live in their ward.