Ron McDaniel, who decided to seek office because of his conviction the city of De Soto should keep operating the water plant at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, won the most votes Tuesday in a primary field of 11 candidates for De Soto City Council.

McDaniel will move on to the April 7 general election with the five other top finishers in the primary. In order of finish, they are Rick Walker, Doug Pickert, Kevin Honomichl, Bob Garrett and John Krudwig. The top two finishers in the general election will join the council.

The primary vote came 12 days after the City Council ended a year of deliberations over the city’s future water supply by voting to upgrade the Sunflower water plant and end talks to buy water from Olathe.

De Soto voters also winnowed the field of candidates for the De Soto Board of Education Position 4 seat from five to three. Moving on are incumbent Randy Johnson, Roger Templin and Margaret Johnson.