Two incumbents, Ed Tripp and David Sanford, lost their seats on the Cooperstown village board of trustees to Democratic challengers Milo Stewart Jr. and Madalyn Cimino on Tuesday night.

Stewart, a photographer at The National Baseball Hall of Fame, received 252 votes. He could not be reached for comment wednesday.

Residents cast 183 votes for Republicans Sanford and Tripp garnered 127.

"I want to thank all of the citizens who voted," said Cimino. "I'm very pleased. I care very much about the village and I have the time to give this position. I'll do the best I can."

Cimino, a Democrat, received 241 votes. She said she has many fond memories of a happy childhood and adolescence in the village and wants to take this opportunity to give back to the community.

She was the registrar at Dartmouth Medical School for thirty years.

Residents cast 183 votes for Sanford and Tripp garnered 127.

Carol Waller is the new mayor of Cooperstown.

Waller, a Republican, ran unopposed.

"I'm thrilled," Waller said. "I will do my very best. I will work as hard as I can."

For six of Waller's eight years on the village board of trustees, she served as deputy mayor under Wendell Tripp, who announced early in the year that he would not be running again. Waller owns Mohican Flowers on Main Street of Cooperstown.

Democrat Enid Hinkes defeated Republican Ronald Streek for the post of village justice.

Hinkes spent three decades in Washington, DC as a criminal and family attorney.