Incumbent Tom Walsh didn't seek reelection, so Penny Hoh, Tom Meyer and Greg Sprangers will face off in the Feb. 20 primary to narrow the field to two.
He later learned that wasn t the case.
After the city clerk s office posted the District 13 results online, showing Lobner as the victor, an error was found that gave Hartzheim 10 additional votes and swung Lobner’s eight-vote win into a two-vote loss.
In the end, Hartzheim received 463 votes (50.1%) compared with 461 (49.9%) for Lobner. It s been kind of an interesting night after I had publicly announced that I had won, Lobner told The Post-Crescent.
Lobner, the council president for the past two years, said he was thinking about requesting a recount but hadn t yet made a decision.
Before the votes were corrected, Hartzheim had planned to ask for a recount. I m not conceding at this point, she said at the time. I hope that the counts are off.