LINCOLN- Three Lincoln City Council incumbents, a former councilman, a mayoral hopeful, and a small business owner advanced to the general election, beating out three newcomers for three at-large seats Tuesday. The top vote-getters in Tuesday's primary election included incumbents Sändra Washington and Tom Beckius, with challenger Jerry Shoecraft edging out incumbent Bennie Shobe by 282 votes. Washington garnered 18,387 votes; Beckius 17,884, and Shobe 16,477 -- all Democrats who make up a 6-1 majority in the officially nonpartisan council.

Three Republican challengers -- Shoecraft (16,759 votes) and Stan Parker (15,895 votes), and Maher Aurang Zeb (5,761 votes) -- also advanced. Shoecraft, who served two terms on the City Council in the 1990s, said he's grateful for the opportunity to move on to the general election. Shobe said he expected to be competing with Shoecraft and Parker because he didn't spend as much money. He expects his support to go up in the general election.

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