Early Republican primary election results in Ship Bottom saw voters give the nod to one councilman for the opportunity to see his name on November’s general election ballot while selecting the former president of the LBI Consolidated Board of Education to vie for the second council seat.

Councilman Robert Butkus, former chair of the borough land use board and the mayor’s current designee to the board, garnered a total of 139 votes during the primary and his bid to be returned to his seat,…