Three candidates are incumbent commissioners Jon Joslin, Bruce Kilmer and David McGuire. The four challengers are Rick Rautanen, Rachel Sherwood, Benjamin Barker and Jeffrey Jakeway.

City Commission candidate Bruce Kilmer said he would not expand zoning laws in Mount Pleasant for residents if elected.
“I would not expand (the zoning),” Kilmer said. “I want to encourage owner-occupied housing and protect neighborhoods.”

A Central Michigan University student is running for the Mount Pleasant City Commission this year.
Benjamin Barker, a Mount Pleasant senior, said he decided to run to involve CMU students in government.
“The approximate 20,000 students that come to Mount Pleasant each school year have been ignored in the past,” he said. “This is where they live for most of the year, and I think they deserve to be heard.”