Lincoln Courier
Tracy Welch and Rick Hoefle were winners after voters went to the polls Tuesday to determine who will be on the ballot in April for Lincoln s next mayor.
Tracy Welch, who has served as the acting mayor after Seth Goodman resigned in June, won with 340 votes representing 84.16% against Steve Messner who received 64 votes at 15.84%. A total of 404 people cast their votes out of a possible 9,053 making voter turnout 4.5%.
Welch said he was grateful for the support of the people from Lincoln. I would like to thank everybody for their support, confidence and vote in Tuesday s Primary Election. I have proudly served as Ward 1 Alderman and Acting Mayor and I consider it a great honor to be able to continue serving the people of Lincoln as Mayor. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to the numerous people who contributed to the campaign, especially my wife, Annette Welch, and Chuck Conzo, who both spent countless hours on the campaign since my announcement i