Councilpersons-elect Peggy Leavitt and Rod Woodbury watch election returns Tuesday night at the Boulder Dam Hotel. Woodbury received votes from nearly 60 percent of the voters and Leavitt was supported by 54 percent of the voters. Photo by Steve Andrascik.

By Jack Johnson, Boulder City Review

Mayor Roger Tobler won his bid for re-election in Tuesday’s primary and two City Council candidates also received enough votes to win their seats outright.

This is the first time since 1999, when the mayor’s job was changed from an appointed to an elected position, that a mayor has captured the seat in a primary election.

The two Council positions went to Rod Woodbury and Peggy Leavitt.

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