Mayoral races for the May 8 elections in both Rollingwood and West Lake Hills are expected to be cancelled after only one candidate in each city filed to run by the deadline Monday.

Alderman Bill Hamilton was the lone candidate to file for the mayor’s race in Rollingwood after Mayor Dale Dingley opted not to seek re-election, and incumbent Mayor Dave Claunch was the only candidate in West Lake Hills.

However, city council elections in both municipalities will feature contested races.

West Lake Hills Place 2 incumbent Councilman Andrew Schwartz will face former council member Katherine Loayza, and former council member Jane Noble will face Jean Goehring in Place 4. Place 4 incumbent Councilwoman Cindy Probst announced before filing began that she would not seek re-election. Loayza had previously filed to run for Place 4 but withdrew and filed for Place 2 shortly before the deadline.

Rollingwood, which features an at-large City Council election in which the top two vote-getters win, will have four candidates facing off for two positions. They are incumbent Alderwoman Shanthi Jayakumar, Sara Hutson, Kelli Carlton and Barry Bone. Incumbent Alderman Brian Nalle opted not to seek re-election.

Hamilton said he is not under any supposition that running unopposed is a vote of confidence.

“All it means is that I wanted it more than anybody else,” Hamilton said. “But it’s not really a matter of wanting it. I’ve just lived in the community long enough; I know most of the people; I know a lot of the issues that make people think one way or the other.

“We’re only 1 square mile, 450 houses. We’re basically the size of a regular subdivision. The difference is we’re a government, and we’ve got to do our business as a governmental entity as opposed to a homeowners association. We’ve got to follow state and federal laws and our own ordinances. The good news is we’re in control of our own destiny.”

Hamilton said he is looking forward to working on key issues facing the city, which include completing the water project, street project, parks master plan, making fiscally sound decision and finding a way to complete improvements to the remaining segment of Bee Cave Road in the city without a turn lane.

Early voting in both cities runs from April 26-May 4 at Randalls, 3300 Bee Cave Road, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday and Sunday from noon-6 p.m., or at any of the other early voting polling locations provided by Travis County.

West Lake Hills’ polling place on Election Day is Valley View Elementary School, 1201 Capital of Texas Highway. Rollingwood’s pol-ling place is at City Hall, 403 Nixon Drive.

Polls are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day.