Former Selectman Brenda Eckstrom was elected to the only open seat on the Board of Water Commissioners in the Onset Fire District election Tuesday, Prudential Committee incumbent Jovina Dean was re-elected to her eighth consecutive term on the committee, and Linwood Gay will continue his role as the district’s Moderator.

In the only contested race, Eckstrom beat out last-minute write-in nominee John Cook. Eckstrom earned 131 votes in the race, while Cook finished with 28 votes.

Initially, Eckstrom was challenging incumbent candidate Mark Maxim for the position. Last week Maxim chose to withdraw from the race due to family health concerns.

Dean, who was running unopposed for the single open seat of the Prudential Committee, garnered 139 votes.

While no candidates returned nomination papers for the vacant Moderator position Gay received 62 write-in votes.

In total, 186 voters turned out for the election, a significant decrease from last year’s turn-out of 500 voters.