It was a quick night for election returns in Basehor.

About an hour after the polls closed, voters knew who the city council candidates would be in the April 5 general election. And one candidate, Bob Moore, will move forward to the general election even though he had publicly withdrawn from the primary race, though too late to have his name removed from the ballot.

“I knew that I would get a bunch of votes,” said Moore, who received 28 votes. “I had personal friends call and ask me if they should vote for me, and I told them they might as well. I may re-enter the race.”

Moore moves into the general election with Terry Thomas, who received 82 votes, David Povilonis, who received 85 votes, and Keith Sifford, who had 77 votes.

Povilonis, who ran for city council and lost in 2003, said he was surprised to receive the most votes.

“But I’m very excited,” he said. “I think it shows that voters may be in favor of getting more progressive people on the council.”

James Washington, who tried to withdraw from the race, lost the race with 19 votes.

Leavenworth County Clerk Linda Scheer said only 165 of about 1,960 registered voters cast ballots.

“You always expect a lot more voters,” she said. “But we knew there wouldn’t be much turnout because two of the candidates said publicly that they wanted to withdraw.”

• In Douglas County, Ruth Barkley and Chip Hornberger will vie for the No. 4 position on the Baldwin school board. Barkley won the primary with 62 votes, while Hornberger, an incumbent, received 45 votes.

Six people ran for the position, and 181 people voted in the primary. Doug Mead received 26 votes; Barbara Tucker, 19. Nathan Feldt got 17 votes. Toby Ebel had 12 votes.

• In Franklin County, voters in the city of Richmond will decide in April whether Stan Milliken or Roger W. Mills Sr. will be the next mayor.

Milliken won the primary with 26 votes, while Mills received 23. Rollie L. Harris lost the primary; he received 17 votes.

• Meanwhile, patrons of the Central Heights school board, which is based in Richmond, will select either Scott Turley or Ron Sluder to represent the No. 6 position on the school board.

Turley received 48 votes and Sluder got 37 votes to beat out Jon Johnson, who had 33 votes.

In the race for the No. 5 position on the De Soto School Board, incumbent Jim Thomas and Janine Gracy will advance to the general election. Each received 37 votes. Other candidates included Brian Hunter, who received 11 votes, and Robert J. Burkhart, who had seven votes.

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