T-L Photo/JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH Area residents visit First Christian Church’s New Life Center in Barnesville to cast their ballots on Tuesday. Voters in the village were choosing new council and school board members, among many other races and issues on the ballot.

BARNESVILLE — The village has one new council member and two members returning to the school board.

Five candidates sought to fill two seats on village council with Robyn Misner and incumbent Terry McCort coming out on top. Misner received 474 votes and McCort 364, according to unofficial vote totals released late Tuesday by the Belmont County Board of Elections. Other candidates received the following: Aleysa Hendershot, 333; Courtney Valine, 296; and Mark Lucas, 329.

“I’m pretty pleased with it, especially being a woman and there hasn’t been one on Barnesville council in almost 20 years and I think it’s long overdue,” Misner said late Tuesday after securing the seat. “I’m just thankful for the community turning out and voting for me. It’s exciting!”

She added that she hopes to help improve the village in a number of ways.

“I want to make the right decisions for the community as a whole,” she added, citing areas such as infrastructure and spending plans as points of focus. “I think I can bring a fresh perspective. …

“It’s a very special place. Not all communities are like this.”

McCort could not be reached Tuesday for comment.

In the race for two available school board seats, incumbents Ed Eberhart and Dennis Huntsman claimed victory. They received 1,304 and 1,209 votes, respectively, defeating Andrew Daugherty with 936 votes. There was a write-in candidate in the race, Darla Schnegg, with 43 unresolved write-in votes listed on the elections board’s unofficial report.

“I’m very excited and humbled,” Eberhart said. “We had a great turnout here in Barnesville.”

Citing a learning curve he encountered when first appointed to an unexpired term on the board, he said he is ready to continue to serve.

“I’m excited to have a full, four-year term,” he added. “… I will do my very best.”

Huntsman could not be reached Tuesday for comment.

Staff Writer Robert A. DeFrank contributed to this report.