Three Barrington village board incumbents won re-election Tuesday, fending off two challengers and criticism of the village's legal battle with Canadian National over the rail carrier's use of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern tracks.

Elizabeth Jones Raseman, Tim Roberts and Steve Miller were all headed to another term according to unofficial official results, as voters went to the polls to pick three board members from a field of five.

With one precinct in Cook County yet to be reported, Jones Raseman had 1,005 votes, Miller had 961 votes and Roberts had 890 votes.

Peter Douglas and Glenn Strebel were the unsuccessful challengers with 435 and 367 votes respectively.

"I think the message is experience matters," said Roberts. "In a way, I think voters understood we're all doing things for the right reasons."

Jones Raseman and Miller echoed the sentiment.

"We've never run the village with an agenda. We've run it for the citizens," Miller said.

Jones Raseman said going door-to-door she learned the village could do a better job communicating all that's being done to revitalize downtown and said that'd a goal for the next term.

The incumbents had faced criticism during the campaign over their decision to launch a legal battle with Canadian National over its use of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad.

Strebel, a retired Barrington fire lieutenant, argued the board should be spending money on the sound barriers and crossing improvements the village needs in order to handle an inevitable increase in freight traffic rather then spend money in court fights.

Strebel also had criticized the past board's approach to economic development and recent layoffs.

Following Tuesday's results, he thanked his supporters and wished the re-elected members well.

"I hope this opens the eyes of the current board that maybe some changes need to be done," he said. "It was a fun race, they won and I wish them the best."