Tuesday primary election set the slate for federal and state offices including state Legislature and U.S. Congress.
For District 1 state Legislature, Dan Watermeier, 3,420; and Jerry Joy, 2,855; advance. Alvin Guenther received 310 votes, but did not advance.
For District 2 state Legislature, Paul Lambert, 1,616; and Bill Kintner, 1,265; advance. Ron Nolte had 1,059 votes, but did not advance.
Otoe County voters favored Jim Stark for the city counci's public works seat, Deb Fischer for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, Dan Watermeier for District 1 state Legislature and Bill Kintner for District 2 state Legislature.
Stark received 45.5 percent of the vote with 435. Gay had 28 percent with 269 and Jorgenson had 25 percent with 248 votes. Stark and Gay will advance to the general election in November.
A pair of three-sport athletes were named as athletes of the year during the Nebraska City High School Awards show earlier this week.
Otoe County Election Commissioner Janene Bennett has declared an automatic recount in the race for District 4 county board as a single vote separates incumbent Tim Nelsen and Otoe County Deputy Sheriff James Parsons.
Nelsen received 251 votes and Parsons 250. There was one write-in candidate and Bennett said she will inspect the ballot to see if the voter by chance indicated either Nelsen or Parsons.
The Republican candidate will face Democrat Paul Wallman in the general election.
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