The same faces will be in their regular places. South Point and Chesapeake voters both opted to return veteran mayors to office in Tuesday's election.

In South Point, six-term Mayor Bill Gaskin will be back next year for a seventh term. Gaskin collected 51.82 percent of the votes in the three-way race. Fayette Township Trustee Terry Wise placed second, with 34.88 percent of the votes. Newcomer Chadd Hatfield placed third with 13.30 percent of the votes.

Gaskin said he thought his win could be attributed to low utility rates, good roads and quality fire service.

"Just the regular things we should be doing," Gaskin said. "I'm thankful for the public's support in me."

Gaskin said he hopes to spend the next four years working with other local entities to make effective use of The Point industrial park.

Wise, who came in second, said he has no regrets about election. "It is hard to beat an incumbent," Wise said.

"The best man won. I ran a clean campaign, no mudslinging."

Next door in Chesapeake, Major Jimmie Justice will get a sixth term in office. But the race between Justice and Terry Griffin was a close one: Justice collected 178 votes - only 10 more than his opponent.

Justice said he was not expecting the race to be so close.

Justice said he thought some voters might have

been angry about road conditions after last winter's ice storm, particularly residents on North Huntington Heights.

"A lot of people gave me heck about that," Justice said. "But I did the best I could with FEMA. You pretty much got to go with what they want."

Justice said he wants to focus on road improvement in the next four years, as well as improving the village community park.

In Proctorville, incumbent Jimmy Buchanan won another term in office. He collected 96 votes to Robert Boston's 42.

In Athalia, incumbent Mayor Ron McClintock ran unopposed.