While results from the Supervisor of Elections Office are unofficial, Pineiro ended the 11-year run of Mayor Bonnie Fischer with about 52% of the vote, while newcomer Fran Attardi led all five Town Council candidates and newcomer Adrian Burcet was second.
Pineiro and Attardi won four-year terms. It appears Burcet also won a four-year term and Council member Sandra Beckett, who finished third in the council election, would serve the remaining two years of an unexpired term. It was not clear on election night if a recount would be needed as Burcet and Becket were only two votes apart in the unofficial results. Ray McMillan was the lone incumbent not up for election; his term runs until 2028.
Vice Mayor Monte Berendes, who finished fourth in the council election, said the results caught him totally by surprise…