LEBANON — In Tuesday’s voting, City Councilor Karen Liot Hill won New Hampshire’s District 2 Executive Council seat and expected to become the only Democrat on the five-person council. 

Liot Hill beat out Republican Kim Strathdee, of Carroll, N.H., with 83,130 votes to Strathdee’s 62,250.

Liot Hill is currently a Lebanon city councilor at-large and served as Lebanon mayor from 2008-2009.

“I have been working very hard for a long time and I’m really honored that the voters have chosen me,” Liot Hill said in a Wednesday morning interview. 

She will replace Democrat Cinde Warmington, who did not to run for reelection. Warmington instead ran for New Hampshire governor but lost in September’s primary to Joyce Craig, who lost to Republican Kelly Ayotte on Tuesday. 

While she will be the only Democrat on the council, Liot Hill said much of the work of the Executive Council is nonpartisan and involves acting as a “check on the governor.” 

“I know that there are going to be opportunities to find common ground with my colleagues on the Executive Council and to look for ways to make sure that New Hampshire state government is functioning effectively and efficiently to the benefit of taxpayers,” Liot Hill said. 

Liot Hill said she will finish her current term on the City Council, which ends in March. She does not plan to run for reelection, instead focusing on her responsibilities on the Executive Council. 

“There shouldn’t be much conflict, if any, in being able to complete the duties for both (positions) for a short period of time,” she said, given the timing of meetings and the flow of work throughout the year.