SARANAC LAKE — Unofficial election results show that incumbent Tracey Schrader and newcomer Johnny Williams appear to have secured seats on the Harrietstown town board.

Williams, who ran on the Democratic and Republican party lines, was the top vote-getter with 1,058 votes during the early voting period and on Election Day. Schrader, who ran on the Democratic and independent Common Sense party lines, garnered 782 votes. Adam Harris, who ran on the Republican and Conservative lines, got 530 votes.

The Franklin County Board of Elections issued 104 absentee ballots to Harrietstown voters, not enough to bring Harris’s total above Schrader’s.

Schrader said she’s glad she got to meet Harris during the campaign.

“He’s a really great guy, so it was nice to get to know him,” she said.

Williams is the owner of Bitters and Bones, a bar on Broadway in Saranac Lake. Schrader is an incumbent who will be entering her second term. Harris is the owner of Grizle T’s, a bar on Main Street in Saranac Lake. Williams told the Enterprise last month that he was running for town board because he wants to support the town’s young people. Schrader told the Enterprise last month that she wanted to run for reelection because she felt her work on the town’s ongoing projects was not finished yet.

They’re coming into a period of time with some big projects. There’s a PFAS contamination at the town-owned Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear that’s been declared a Superfund clean-up site. There’s a local housing crisis, with rent and housing prices rising, and available housing stock dwindling. There’s a town-owned business park that’s been idle for many years that the candidates want to put to use.

Schrader said she’s “thrilled” she’ll remain on the board with her current fellow councilwoman Jordanna Mallach as the town’s next supervisor.

She said Supervisor Mike Kilroy has been a great leader for the town. He’s a “numbers guy” and when he’d explain the budget to her, she could see his teaching career shining through, she said.

Schrader said Mallach has a different leadership style, which she’s excited for. She described Mallach as “solutions-oriented.”

Williams said he was encouraged by the high turnout for a local election.

“I think folks were excited to see somebody young and energetic trying to run,” he said. “And my position as an independent made me attractive no matter what party you support, so I think that was a strategic advantage.”

“It’s time to work,” he added.

But he said Wednesday morning that he was worn out from an anxious and exciting Election Day, and was spending the day responding to congratulatory messages.

“In the meantime, I am reaching out to all the smart and experienced folks that know way more than I do and I’m picking their brains,” Williams said.

Before the election, Williams said he had been hesitant to run, thinking he didn’t have enough time in the day. But he decided that wasn’t an excuse.

“There’s always more time in the day, it’s just getting out of bed earlier,” Williams said last month. “Or going to bed later.”

Either way, he said he’ll be thinking about the town on both ends.