Greg Lanting was re-elected to a second term on the Twin Falls City Council on Tuesday night, beating three challengers in a four-way race.

Lanting pulled in 956 votes, while former councilman and mayor Chris Talkington received 834 votes, with all 20 precincts reporting. Downtown businessman Steve Garner garnered 213 votes, while contractor Jim Schouten had 181 votes.

"I'm happy," Lanting said. "I knocked on doors in every street in town. I worked hard. I worked way harder than I did four years ago."

He said extensive door-to-door campaigning helped him win, which he did at least five hours a day and nine hours on Saturdays.

"If I hadn't went door-to-door, I would have been toasted," said Lanting, a retired school principal.

Lanting ran on a platform that included support for a local option tax aimed at reducing property taxes, enhanced bike paths, and changing the city's water rate system so that users pay less per gallon if they use less.

Don Hall was re-elected to another term on the council with 1,769 votes, while 108 votes were cast for write-in candidates. Mayor Lance Clow also won another term in an unopposed race.

Voter turnout was 12.74 percent of all registered voters.

Ben Botkin may be reached at bbotkin@magicvalley.com or 208-735-3238.