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Incumbents in four El Dorado City Council races maintained their seats in the Democratic Preferential Primary election held Tuesday, as two newcomers vied for a seat on the council.

Billy Blann defeated opponent Richard Mason 527 to 270 in the race for the Ward 1, Position 2 position. The seat is being vacated by longtime alderman and former mayor Larry Combs, who threw his hat in the ring for the Union County Clerk’s position.

The numbers were about the same among early voters and Ward 1 poll ballots, running 258 to 120 and 259 to 130, respectively, in favor of Blann. ...