Wendall Gaston, Mark Nienhueser and Marvin Filsinger were the top three vote getters in today's Cheyenne County Primary election for Sidney City Council.
Gaston received 804 votes, with Nienhueser bringing in 674 votes and Gaston trailing in third place with 602 votes.
Dalan Hiett was fourth with 542 votes. Roger Gallaway captured 308 votes in his third bid for a council seat. Perhaps the biggest surprise was Zane Hall, who captured additional support in the crucial Sidney District 5 precinct to move ahead of first time candidate Tamara Nelsen with 253 votes. Nelsen garnered 237 votes.
Tim Hackleman received 214 votes, Tracy Hruza had 161 votes, and Jim Hansel, who dropped out of the race for personal reasons earlier, still managed to collect 56 votes.
Amendment 1 also went down to close defeat 995 against and 971 for. The amendment would allow local governments to purchase property for the benefit of nonprofit entities.
The results are unofficial and are subject to change as a determination must be made on more than 300 provisional ballots, whose outcome could sway the outcome the 4th-6th positions on the ballot.
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