WILMINGTON — A special election will take place Saturday for residents of the House of Representatives’ 4th District.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. The Department of Elections’ New Castle County office must receive absentee ballots for the election by 8 p.m. Saturday for the votes to be counted.

The seat was left empty by Democrat Gerald Brady, who resigned in late January due to worsening effects of PTSD from his time in the military. A few days later, he was arrested by Newark police in connection with two instances of shoplifting.

The winner will serve the remainder of Mr. Brady's term, until November.

Delaware native and longtime Wilmington City Councilman Charles “Bud” Freel is coming out of retirement to run as a Democrat.

Ted Kittila, a lawyer from Downstate who moved to Wilmington to build a family later in life, is on the ticket as a Republican.

The 4th District is split into 16 smaller districts, and polling locations are as follows:

• District 1 — Highlands Elementary School, 2100 Gilpin Ave.
• Districts 2 and 3 — Immanuel Highlands Episcopal Church, 2400 W. 17th St.
• District 4 — Luther Towers I, 1201 N. Harrison St.
• Districts 5 and 11 — Cab Calloway School of the Arts, 100 N. DuPont Road.
• Districts 6 and 7 — Lincoln Towers, 1800 N. DuPont St.
• District 8 — St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 2501 Centerville Road.
• Districts 9 and 13 — Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 808 N. Broom St.
• District 12 — McKean High School, 301 McKennans Church Road.
• Districts 10, 14 and 16 — Woodlawn Library, 2020 W. Ninth St.
• District 15 — Tatnall School, 1501 Barley Mill Road.