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Newcomer Bennie Shobe will join the City Council after placing second in Tuesday's general election, between the two incumbents for three at-large City Council seats.

In final results, incumbents Leirion Gaylor Baird and Roy Christensen were the first- and third-place finishers, respectively.

The election cut the six-person field in half, leaving three winners. Also on the ballot were two Lincoln Airport Authority seats and four school board positions, but only one of those was a real contest.

Challenger Tom Nesbitt, who had placed third in the primary election, finished fourth in the council race. Brayden McLaughlin and Maggie Mae Squires were in fifth and sixth places, respectively.

Christensen and Gaylor Baird each have served one four-year term. Councilman Trent Fellers didn't run for re-election.

The only Lincoln Board of Education race with a challenger was District 5, where incumbent Lanny Boswell beat Preston Randall Harris. Boswell will continue to represent the south and southeast Lincoln district.

There were no challengers for school board incumbents Kathy Danek (District 1), Barbara Baier (District 3) and Don Mayhew (District 7).