Only about a hundred votes separated the top two candidates in St. Petersburg's District 7 primary on Tuesday.

Voters decided Lisa Wheeler-Brown and Will Newton will move on to the November election for the District 7 council seat. They'll both need a lot more votes to win the seat this fall, and the candidates are already strategizing.

"My platform was making the neighborhoods safer, creating jobs and giving our kids a better education," said Wheeler-Brown. "So I'm still going to be running on those issues cause that's what we need."

Newton said he plans to put his brother Councilmember Wengay Newton, who currently holds the seat, to work. Wengay can't run again because of a two-term limitation.

"He'll be manning the polls and knocking on doors just like everyone else," said Newton.

Tuesday’s election in St. Petersburg may have been the best-kept secret in town. Only one-eighth of the city took part in the primary.

The other candidates who ran were Sheila Scott Griffin, Aaron Sharpe and Lewis Stephens.

Despite a variety of candidates to vote for, voter turnout Tuesday was dismal. Voter turnout represented less than 2 percent of the people who could have voted on Tuesday. Some people found that terribly discouraging.

“I see a lot of people who are always voicing their concerns about what's going on here," said voter Latasha Davis. "And then when you have the opportunity to vote for someone to come in and help change things and you don't come out and vote?”

Another 1,775 mail-in ballots made it back to the Supervisor of Elections as of Friday. 

Come November, a lot more St. Pete residents will be going to the polls. Three city council seats are up for grabs. In District 1, Councilman Charlie Gerdes is going up against Monica Abbot. In District 5, Councilman Steve Cornell will try to keep Philip Garrett from taking his job.