Santa Fe's southeast-side City Council District 2 will again get a new representative no matter who wins in the upcoming municipal election. First-term Councilor Rosemary Romero opted not to seek a second term, and three people are campaigning for the open seat. Before Romero, the seat was held for eight years by Karen Heldmeyer.

None of the current candidates has held elected office before, but all have lived in District 2 for most or all of their time in Santa Fe.

Lifelong resident Elizabeth "Dolly" Lujan, a nurse, is competing with two men who have spent several decades in the city. Bob Sarr, whose home is off San Mateo Road, is best known around town for his involvement with the Santa Fe Southern Railway. Peter Ives, who lives in Sol y Lomas, is an attorney with the Trust for Public Land.

The district includes historic neighborhoods along the Acequia Madre and in the South Capitol District that are home both to longtime Santa Fe families and new arrivals. Inside its boundaries are most of the city's medical facilities, view lots in the Sangre de Cristo foothills, high-priced infill condominiums and middle-class subdivisions around the site of a commuter train station that remains unopened.

Each of the four council districts has two representatives, elected to staggered four-year terms. Rebecca Wurzburger is halfway through her third term as the council's other representative.