First Ward city Councilman Paul Wiehl beat incumbent Ric Abel in his Democratic bid for the mayor's seat in today's primary election, according to preliminary results from the Athens County Board of Elections.
Athens resident Kent Butler won 60 percent of the votes in his race against OU freshman Nick Budich for the First Ward nomination on Athens City Council. Amy Flowers, Jim Sands and newcomer Elahu Gosney claimed victory in the at-large race.
Four Democrats ran unopposed for other City Council positions. Incumbent President Bill Bias received 1,173 votes. Sherry Coon won the Second Ward council seat bid with 250 votes. Nancy Bain received 357 votes pursuing the Ward 3 seat, and Debbie Phillips won the Democratic slot for Fourth Ward with 346.
And in the Democratic primary for law director, Assistant County Prosecutor Pat Lang won the right to face off against incumbent Republican Garry Hunter in the fall.
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Two OU students win Democratic races for City Council seats
