Four candidates’ names will appear on the ballot for Auburn City Council this fall.

But if any political junkies out there were expecting deft jabs or verbal slap-downs at spicy candidate forums this election season from two people jealously eyeing the same seat on the city’s legislative body, they can forget about it.

Because when the smoke of filing week for statewide elective office cleared at 5 p.m., May 15, according to the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission’s website, there were no contested races for Auburn City Council.

That means City Council incumbents Largo Wales, Bill Peloza and John Holman will run unopposed. And in his first run ever at elective office, Robert Baggett won’t have to battle anyone for Position 7. Wayne Osborne, who was elected to office in 2012, announced months ago he would not seek reelection to Position 7.

Likewise, there will be no contested races for the four seats on the Auburn School District’s Board of Directors. Filing for election were: incumbents Ray Vefik and Anne Baunach; newcomer Robyn Mulenga, will run unopposed for Carol Seng’s seat; and Ryan Van Quill is running to complete the two years remaining on the unexpired term of Lisa Connors, who stepped down two years ago to accept a position with the Auburn School District. The school board appointed Quill to fill Connor’s position after her resignation, and district rules say he must run to complete Connors’ original four-year term.