Update: Ward 9 Councilman Maintains Seat on Florissant City Council

Updated at 1 p.m.

retained his seat Tuesday night after facing a tough challenge from resident

Hernandez won his seat with 357 votes to Bober’s 342 votes.

Bober said that he thought he and Hernandez had a fair election, and he has no ill feelings about the election.

“I’m disappointed, but life goes on from here,” he said. “I appreciate all voters that supported me.”

Wednesday morning, Hernandez said he's happy the election is over and ready to move forward. 

"It has been a long three-month battle," he said. "I'm glad it's over, and I'm glad that the people selected me to represent them again." 

In looking toward the future, Hernandez said he wants to work on building a camraderie with the community. He said he would like to generate some block parties for residents to get to know each other and has a couple in the works for June.

Hernandez will be serving his third term on the council. He was first elected in 2006.