The mayoral primary race shocked city officials and Madison residents with Dave Cieslewicz coming out on top and Sue Bauman ending up fourth in the race.

Cieslewicz and Paul Soglin emerged victorious in the primary. Both received 35 percent of the vote, with Cieslewicz winning by a margin of 182 votes. Bert Zipperer came in third with 16 percent of the vote, and Bauman lagged 1,929 votes behind him with 12 percent.

Will Sandstrom and Davy Mayer each received 1 percent of the vote, with Mayer coming in last with 389 votes, 103 behind Sandstrom.

Cieslewicz said he was surprised he held the highest percentage of votes as he celebrated in his packed campaign office Tuesday night.

“I thought I would make it through the primary, but I did not expect to win the primary,” Cieslewicz said.

Soglin said he did not expect Cieslewicz to win the primary either.

“I was surprised at how well Dave did, but I was not surprised at how the rest of the race went,” Soglin said.

Bauman supporters at Café Montmartre said they were surprised and saddened by Bauman’s loss. Bauman became emotional and increasingly attached to her drink as the night wore on, but composed herself for the three live camera crews who attended her campaign party.

She blamed exterior factors such as her illness with shingles for her loss.

“I never had the opportunity to do as much as I wanted to do,” Bauman said. She said she has not considered whom to endorse for Madison’s next mayor and would take time to decide her future career path.

“I still have eight weeks left in office, and I’m not rushing into anything new,” Bauman said.

Zipperer, however, planned to remain active in politics and had several issues he wished to address.

“We’ve got a war to stop and a state Legislature to change so people understand public funding needs,” Zipperer said. He said he would decide whom to endorse within the next few days.

Mayer also said he would take a few days to sleep and possibly consider an endorsement, but would “keep on chasing that rainbow” in the meantime.

Sandstrom hoped Mayer would suggest a recount of the votes, and said neither Cieslewicz nor Soglin would be the “revolutionary” needed for Madison.

“The inability of a person without money was evidenced by the outcome,” Sandstrom said.

Some District 8 City Council candidates also made money an issue when explaining their loss to Jeff Erlanger, who made it through the primary along with Austin King.

Candidates King, Frank Harris and Nathan Naze said Erlanger’s high campaign contributions — thousands more than the other candidates — helped him win.

Erlanger said he would continue to campaign in the dorms and on Library Mall to hedge support, and that he hoped King would stick to the issues.

In District 5, Robbie Webber and Jason Stephany emerged from the primary with Webber earning 53 percent and Jason Stephany 36 percent of the vote. Webber said she did not expect such a large margin over Stephany, but neither candidate was surprised voters dropped Tim Corver from the race, giving him 11 percent of the vote.