Ed Cook is New Mayor in Edgewood

 is the official mayor of Edgewood for the next two years.

"It hasn’t quite sunk in yet," Cook said. "I am pleased."

The unofficial results with all precincts counted are as follows:

• Ruth W. Pickering (REP)—303 votes, 34.99 percent
• J. Edward Cook (DEM)—560 votes, 64.67 percent

The Democratic candidate will finish former mayor Jean Davin's term. Davin last December. Shortly after she left, Council member until Dec. 31 of this year.

was then appointed to fill Hellett's empty spot on council. At the end of December, Hellett will no longer have a position on borough council in any capacity.

Cook ran against , the Republican candidate who previously served as mayor for 12 years.

"My opponent and I were both together the entire day talking to people as they came into vote and we were joking with each other," Cook said. "That’s the way I like it. There was nothing dirty about the campaign on either side and it was good."

Cook also was happy with the

"It looks like we will have a council dedicated to getting good things done and that really pleases me," he said.