Patty Lent takes reigns as the new Bremerton mayor.

With election results certified Tuesday, the new mayor of Bremerton has been decided.

Patty Lent was sworn in at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Meeting Chambers on the first floor of the Norm Dicks Government Center.

“I’m looking forward to serving the citizens of Bremerton in every capacity possible,” Lent said.

The very tight election went right to the end with the final results showing Will Maupin losing by only 69 votes, a difference of .89 percent, which was not low enough to force a recount.

In the two contested City Council races, the margins were even tighter, but final results show Jim McDonald and Carol Arends to have held onto their leads beating their opponents by 10 votes and 25 votes, respectively.

James Docter retained his position of Municipal Court Judge having defeated Ed Wolfe 4,605 votes to 2,719.

All the leaders in the three school board races also held onto, or increased, their leads in their respective races.

Scott Rahm, who was running against Christianne Martin for Position 1, ended the election with 5,252 votes to Martin’s 3,527.

The Position 4 race, the only race with an incumbent, saw Cynthia Galloway defeated by newcomer David Boynton by 104 votes.

Position 5’s interim director, Carolynn Perkins, assured herself a more permanent seat on the board with her 5,504 to 3,272 vote win over challenger, Ruben Garcia.

The race for North Perry Water Commissioner Position 2, which pitted incumbent Gary Purbaugh against Jae Relling, ended with Purbaugh retaining his seat 2,311 votes to 1,650.

And lastly, Bremerton Transportation Proposition 1 got no closer to approval than it has since election night, being defeated by nearly 3,000 votes.