Janet Anderson, Steven King and Marian Clennon will be new faces on the Austin City Council in 2009.

They were the winners in Tuesday’s city election.

Anderson defeated Jeff Austin for the at-large seat on the Austin City Council, King defeated 2nd Ward incumbent Scott Pacholl and Marian Clennon defeated Tony Bennett in the 3rd Ward.

Brian McAlister, 1st Ward incumbent, was unopposed in a bid for re-election.

Anderson garnered 5,438 votes to 4,679 for Austin in the at-large race.

That amounted to a 49 to 42 percent margin, according to unofficial results.

Incumbent at-large council member Pete Christopherson did not seek re-election.

“I’m thrilled,” Anderson said of her election victory. “I’m ready to get going as soon as possible, and I hope to add a fresh voice to the Austin City Council.”

Anderson said her performance at the candidate forums helped win the At Large seat on the council as well as “knocking on doors all over the city, yard signs, handing out information cards, the works.”

She predicted the new at-large council member will be “environmentally conscious,” when considering projects that come before the council members.

Jeff Austin was unavailable for comment. Austin is a 2nd Ward council member with two more years remaining on his term.

The at-large and mayor positions are two-year terms.

McAlister received 3,033 votes or 80 percent of the number cast in his unopposed 1st Ward re-election bid.

King unseated incumbent Pacholl in the 2nd Ward 2,208 to 1,471 for a 52 to 35 percent margin.

King said the keys to his victory were many, including name recognition and family history, the visibility of his job as Mower County Correctional Services director and the many community service efforts he has joined.

If he has one priority upon taking office it will be to “bring the city and the county together,” he said. “I think I am a natural link for that to happen because of my county job.

The morning after winning the 2nd Ward seat on the council, King said, “My thoughts turned to my father.”

Arden King, a long-time Austin firefighter, district court bailiff and community volunteer now deceased, “left traits I have aspired to,” the council member-elect said.

Incumbent Pacholl could not be reached at his place of employment for comment.

Clennon nipped Bennett 1,713 to 1,034 in the 3rd Ward race.

The margin of victory was 55 to 33 percent.

All results are unofficial.

Incumbent 3rd Ward council member Norman Hecimovich did not seek re-election.

Clennon stopped door-knocking Nov. 1. It was the cornerstone of her campaign.

“I really believe all the hard-work in the 3rd Ward connecting with people paid off,” Clennon said.

Residents thanked Clennon, according to the candidate, for making that effort.

Like Anderson, the at-large winner, Clennon is a “regular” at council meetings and work sessions. She said that was a “personal thing for me to learn more about city government.”

If she has a personal priority after taking office it will be to work to improve regulations regarding landlords.

“During my canvassing of the 3rd Ward I saw some homes that really need attention and I think, like Albert Lea is doing, we have to consider regulating landlords more than we’ve done before,” she said.

Bennett called his campaign against Clennon an “interesting experience.”

The cornerstone of his campaign was the need for more “fiscal responsibility” in government.

“With less money coming from the state and federal governments and the economic problems we’re going to have to make some tough decisions about government spending,” Bennett said.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd wards’ election winners will serve four-year terms after being sworn in in January 2009.