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Four candidates have advanced Tuesday after a primary election to fill two Independence City Council seats.

The Blue Springs School District placed a no-tax-increase new bond issue on the ballot Tuesday, while Independence voters will narrow the city-council field through two contested primaries.

Rowland, a state representative, finished atop a six-person field in the primary last week. Weir, seeking a third four-year term, received just 106 more votes than third-place finisher Colleen Huff to advance to the April 5 general election. On Wednesday, Weir dropped out of the race.

Rory Rowland will become the next mayor of Independence with Wednesdays withdrawal from the race by incumbent Eileen Weir.

State Rep. Rory Rowland and Independence Mayor Eileen Weir will face off in the April 5 general mayoral election. Incumbents Karen DeLuccie and Mike Huff, along with Jared Fears and former Council Member Marcie Gragg, will vie for two at-large seats.

Missouri Democratic Rep. Rory Rowland received the most votes out of the six candidates in the mayoral primary. Rowland and incumbent mayor Eileen Weir will face off in the general election in April.

Mayor Eileen Weir seeks a third four-year term, challenged by Rory Rowland, Holmes Osborne, Council Member Brice Stewart, Colleen Huff and Kenneth Love. The top two vote recipients will advance to the April 5 general election.

Word of possible misuse of taxpayer dollars by an Independence Police Department officer comes days before voters head to the polls for the mayoral primary election.

Six candidates for mayor of Independence were questioned in a League of Women Voters forum Thursday night.

To win re-election next April, Independences mayor and at-large City Council members will first have to go through primary elections.