THE THREE INCUMBENTS SEEKING ELECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SIOUX CITY WERE THE TOP VOTE GETTERS IN TUESDAY’S COUNCIL PRIMARY.
DAN MOORE, WHO IS SEEKING A SECOND TERM, UNOFFICIALLY TOPPED THE FIELD OF NINE CANDIDATES WITH 2198 VOTES:
OC…….NOVEMBER 7TH. :19
COUNCILMAN ALEX WATTERS, WHO IS SEEKING HIS FIRST FULL TERM AFTER BEING APPOINTED TO FINISH KEITH RADIG’S LAST YEAR WAS SECOND WITH 1968 VOTES:
OC…….TO BEING PART OF THAT. :20
PETE GROETKEN, WHO IS ALSO SEEKING A SECOND TERM ON THE COUNCIL, FINISHED THIRD WITH 1871 VOTES:
OC…………..MY WHOLE LIFE. ;18
NONE OF THE SIX CHALLENGERS MUSTERED LARGE SUPPORT IN THE LOW TURN-OUT PRIMARY WHERE ONLY 3391 VOTERS CAST BALLOTS.
DENNIS QUINN EDGED DOUG WAPLES FOR 4TH PLACE 608-603.
WAPLES WAS SATISFIED TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION AS PART OF THE TOP SIX:
OC………PROBABLY SAFE. :18
ALSO MAKING THE RUNOFF ELECTION WAS JAKE JUNGERS WITH 531 VOTES.
JOHN OLSON, NICK DAVIDSON AND BRETT WATCHORN FAILED TO MAKE THE CUT FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
