Bernice Kelly of Rogers City slides her ballot into an optic scanner at Rogers City High School on Tuesday. Voters from around the area voted for school board members, city council members and various millages.

It was a good night for the incumbents, as Alpena city councilmen Sam Eiler and Shawn Sexton won re-election and a ballot question they supported passed easily. Sexton, who was appointed to the board last year to fill a vacancy created when Carol Shafto was elected mayor, had the most votes of the four candidates with 900. Eiler finished with 709 and challengers Rich Anderson and Bob Fournier received 598 and 487 votes, respectively. "I mostly just appreciate that people had enough confidence in me to vote for me," Sexton said. Eiler was appointed to the council in January 2004 and elected in 2005. Both councilmen will serve four-year terms. "It's a very humbling thing, after six years that enough people thought I did a decent enough job to vote for me," Eiler said. He congratulated the candidates on "solidly run campaigns." "It's been an honor and privilege to serve and I would have said the same thing if I lost.