The municipal elections on Nov. 8 ushered in three new mayors (and one returning mayor) and a slew of new city councilors and school board members in the cities of Dover, Portsmouth, Somersworth and Rochester.

Dover

City Council
Dean Trefethen (Mayor)
Karen Weston (At-Large)
Robert Carrier (At-Large)
Ed Spuler (Ward 1)
William Garrison III (Ward 2)
Michael Crago (Ward 3)
Dorothea Hooper (Ward 4)
Catherine Cheney (Ward 5)
Michael Weeden (Ward 6)

School Board
Paul Butler
Rocky D’Andrea
Doris Grady
Amanda Russell
E. Andrews Parker
Kenneth Appel
Kathy Baker

Portsmouth

City Council
Eric Spear (Mayor)
Robert Lister (Assistant Mayor)
Tony Coviello
Esther Kennedy
Nancy Novelline Clayburgh
Brad Lown
Chris Dwyer
Ken Smith
Jack Thorsen

School Board
Ann Walker
Mary Olea
Patrick Ellis
Dexter Legg

Rochester

City Council
T.J. Jean (Mayor)
Brian LaBrance (Ward 1, Seat A)
Raymond Varney (Ward 1, Seat B)
Elaine Lauterborn (Ward 2, Seat A)
Sandra Keans (Ward 2, Seat B)
Peter Lachapelle (Ward 3, Seat A)
John Larochelle (Ward 3, Seat B)
David Walker (Ward 4, Seat A)
Ray Lundborn (Ward 4, Seat B)
Ralph Torr (Ward 5, Seat A)
Alan Reed-Erickson (Ward 5, Seat B)
Stephen Hervey (Ward 6, Seat A)
Julien Savoie (Ward 6, Seat B)

School Board
Anne Grassie (At-Large)
Laurie Beaulieu (Ward 1, Seat A)
Audrey Stevens (Ward 1, Seat B)
Dan Harkinson (Ward 2, Seat A)
Caroline McCarley (Ward 2, Seat B)
Julie Brown (Ward 3, Seat A)
Evelyn Logan (Ward 3, Seat B)
Anthony Pastelis (Ward 4, Seat A)
Sue O’Connor (Ward 4, Seat B)
Karen Stokes (Ward 5, Seat A)
Paul Lynch (Ward 5, Seat B)
James Gray (Ward 6, Seat A)
Robert Watson (Ward 6, Seat B)

Somersworth

City Council
Matthew Spencer (Mayor)
Martin Pepin (Ward 1)
Jennifer Soldati (Ward 2)
Marcel Hebert (Ward 3)
Jon McCallion (Ward 4)
Matt Durkee (Ward 5)

School Board
Dana Rivers (Ward 2)
Stephanie Riotto (Ward 3)
Robert Gibson (Ward 4)
Kenneth Bolduc (Ward 5)

note: Somersworth’s Ward 1 School Board seat had only write-in candidates; the winner was still uncertain as of late last week.