Keene held a municipal primary on October 8 because a municipal ordinance says if there are more than 2 candidates for Mayor or a Ward Council seat, or more than 10 candidates for At-Large Council there shall be a primary. There were 11 candidates for At-Large council, so the City spent approximately $5,000 to remove 1 candidate from the general election ballot.
Ian Freeman survived the municipal primary for At-Large City Council, snagging the 10th ballot spot by a mere 10 votes over Bradford Hutchingson.
While the primary was only needed for this one seat, every race that will appear on the general election ballot was on the primary. Some of the liberty candidates did better than others, however these results can be looked at as a strawpoll of sorts.
Other races of interest:
| Darryl W. Perry | 52 | 5.66% |
| Kendall Lane | 866 | 94.34% |
| Sheryl Redfern | 76 | 90.48% |
| David Crawford | 8 | 9.52% |
| Mitchell Greenwald | 174 | 87.00% |
| James Cleaveland | 26 | 13.00% |
| Conana Salada | 16 | 8.38% |
| Robert O’Connor | 175 | 91.62% |
The full results can be downloaded here.
Ward by Ward results
