November's Ames City Council race has it's first candidate. Small business owner David Martin says he's running for the Third Ward seat being vacated by Peter Orazaem. An Ames native and Iowa State University graduate, Martin also has a doctorate from Boston University. He currently owns a consulting business specializing in software issues that arise in intellectual property litigation. Martin says one of this top priorities is to promote reliable, widely available, and secure internet service across the city of the kind he says helped his business succeed. The First Ward seat held by Gloria Betcher, and an At-large seat held by Amber Corrieri are both up for election this year. Neither incumbent has said whether or not they intend to seek another term.