Francie Roberts and Dennis Novak won seats on the Homer City Council, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s regular municipal election.

Candidate Bryan Zak finished third with 41 percent of the vote and incumbent Val McLay got 39 percent.

Roberts said she couldn’t explain her overwhelming victory Tuesday night.

“I wish I knew the answer,” she said. “I went pulling signs tonight after the election and listened to the radio and heard the news. I was just shocked.”

The 34-year Homer resident had plenty of support throughout her campaign and ran on a platform of responsible city development that benefits all residents.

“Homer is at a turning point or crossroads. When we manage our community, everyone deserves a voice or input,” she said while campaigning in September.

That message seemed to resonate with voters Tuesday, many of whom Roberts has worked with through the years.

“I’ve lived here a long time and I know a lot of people,” she said Tuesday. “But I hope people voted for me because they think I’ll do a good job. I just try to do the best job I can in anything I do.”

Now that the campaigning is over, the hard work begins, she said.

Roberts’ message of inclusion was also shared by second-place finisher, Novak, who said a diverse council is the key to effective government.

“A lot of people through me have a voice in the council that they might not have with someone else,” he said in September.

Novak has often been a dissenting voice on the council and has pushed for more public process.

That difference of opinion seemed to draw fire from council member Doug Stark, who sent a letter to 600 registered voters in late September urging them to vote for Zak and McLay instead of Roberts and Novak.

That letter seems to have backfired as it sparked a widespread e-mail and phone call campaign early this week and led to ethics violation complaint being filed by former council member John Fenske. (See related story, page1.)

Roberts and Novak will be sworn into office Oct. 16 after the vote is certified by the City of Homer Canvass Board on Oct. 6

In other election news: Bill Smith and Ronald Alderfer beat Doris Cabana and Bettyman Steciw respectively for seats A and B on the South Peninsula Hospital Board.