Johnstown Village Council challenger Sean Staneart came away as the top vote getter in the Nov. 3 election, according to unofficial results from the Licking County Board of Elections.

Staneart received 761 votes, according to unofficial results. He will be joined on council by incumbents Sharon E. Hendren, 616 votes; Joyce Evans, 583 votes; and Carol Van Deest, 562 votes.

Incumbent Adam R. Roberts will not return to his seat. He garnered 497 votes.

Staneart, 30, is co-owner of Staneart, Inc. which consists of three small businesses that primarily function as convenience stores. He is also co-owner of Staneart Properties LLC, which develops commercial and residential properties.

"I'd like to thank the voters for giving me a chance to help out," Staneart said. "I hope to get a lot done in the next four years to get Johnstown prepared for the future."

Returning to the Johnstown-Monroe Board of Education will be John Davis II, who received 1,621 votes and Terry Holter, who received 1,386 votes. Both incumbents were unchallenged in the election.

Northridge Board of Education incumbent Brent E. Garee will retain his seat, receiving 1,428 votes. He will be joined by top vote-getter Mark A. Dann, who received 1,651 votes. Taking the third available seat will be Jeffrey C. Schrock, who received 1,059 votes. Candidate Creston King had 995 votes.

Monroe Township will return both incumbents to the board of trustees. Unofficial results show Troy Hendren with the most votes, 781, followed by Joey Robertson, 678 votes. They were challenged by John A. Sadinsky, 654 votes; George D. Holbrook, 586 votes; Randy Peterman, 355 votes; and Todd Jacob, 298 votes.
                                   
The two elected officials with the most seniority in the Village of Alexandria failed to garner enough votes to keep their seats in Tuesday's election.

According to unofficial results from the Licking County Board of Elections, Mayor Harold "Squeak" Lee, who had served on council nearly 20 years before moving into the mayor's position this spring,  lost 114-71 to challenger Richard Hammond.

Current council president pro-tempore Karen Holt , with 16 years of experience on council, got 83 votes - not enough to earn her one of four open council seats that will be claimed by Herb Lower (92 votes), Joanie Hammond (112 votes), Brian Dague (118) and Bob Brown (118).

The turn-over leaves Brown, who was appointed to Lee's position this spring, with the most experience on village council in January.

Dague was appointed last month to another vacated seat with a remaining two-year term. He said he will claim his own four-year term now, abdicating the seat he was recently appointed to, leaving council to appoint another member at the first of the year.

Kim Garee contributed to this story.