Tuesday, Nov. 10, incumbent Stacy Kern-Scheerer and local business owner Eino Korpela ’25 were elected to the Williamsburg City Council.
Three candidates ran for two seats. Tuesday, Nov. 3, College of William and Mary students and Williamsburg residents voted, but the race was too close to call due to an outstanding number of provisional ballots.
Kern-Scheerer received 42.24% of the votes (4,539 votes), while Korpela secured 28.25% (3,036 votes), and longtime City employee Carolyn Murphy secured 27.96% (3,005 votes).
“Thank you to everyone who supported us, supported our message, and who love this city,” Korpela said in a statement published online. “This was a remarkably close race. I know it, and I intend to govern for every single Williamsburg resident.”
Murphy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
