By Christian Mignot

Thirteen candidates will battle it out this November for the four spots available on the Mountain View City Council.

Several last-minute filings pushed the number applying for the three, four-year seats up to 11.

Only two residents will run for the two-year seat that Councilman Mario Ambra left vacant when he resigned. Six potential candidates pulled papers but did not file in time.

The following candidates will run for the available four-year terms: Liz Ambra, Mario Ambra’s wife; incumbent Michael Kasperz, seeking his second term; Greg Perry, currently serving on Sustainable Mountain View, a local environmental advocacy group; Laura Brown, a member of the Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission; Christopher Lee Kuszmaul, a computer consultant and fourth-degree black belt in aikido; Rosalind Bivings, local businesswoman and community activist; Matt Neely, assistant principal at Mountain View High School; Timothy Devitt; Robert Weaver, photographer and planning commissioner; Patricia Figueroa, two-time former Mountain View mayor; and Tom Frankum, former planning commissioner.

Planning Commissioner Nick Galiotto, a retired police captain, will run for the two-year seat against Bruce Kearny, a 20-year resident and current chairman of the Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association.