Anchorage election results: Friday edition

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Friday results from the Anchorage Election Office, as of 6 pm:

A total of 62,695 ballots have been counted of the 235,882 sent to voters. This is 26.58% percent turnout.

Eagle River District 2: Kevin Cross has won.

West Anchorage District 3: Kameron Perez-Verdia has won over Liz Vazquez.

Midtown District 4: Meg Zaletel will probably win, with a 462-vote lead.

East, District 5: Stephanie Taylor has lost to incumbent Forrest Dunbar.

South District 6: Randy Sulte retains his lead over incumbent John Weddleton.

The school board incumbents have won reelection.

Two bond issues appear to have failed. Prop 1 and Prop 2 failed narrowly, while the other bond propositions passed.

More ballots will be counted on Monday.

Anchorage Assembly

Eagle River: District 2 Seat A

  • Kevin Cross – 6,030
  • Gretchen Wehmhof – 3,350
  • Vanessa Stephens – 482

West Anchorage: District 3 Seat D

  • Liz Vazquez – 4,558
  • Kameron Perez-Verdia –5,894
  • Nial Sherwood Williams – 564

Midtown Anchorage: District 4 Seat F

  • Kathy Henslee – 4,791
  • Meg Zaletel – 5,253

East Anchorage: District 5 Seat H

  • Stephanie Taylor – 4,670
  • Forrest Dunbar – 6,199
  • Christopher Hall -287

South Anchorage: District 6 Seat J

  • Randy Sulte – 7,924
  • John Weddleton – 7,471
  • Darin Colbry – 252

School Board Open Seats

Seat A:

  • Mark Anthony Cox – 23,456
  • Margo Bellamy – 28,471
  • Dan Loring – 1,829
  • Cliff Murray – 4,224

Seat B:

  • Rachel Ries – 24,119
  • Kelly Lessens – 29,369
  • Benjamin R. Baldwin – 1,978
  • Dustin Darden – 2,752

Prop. 1 – ASD capital improvements bonds

Yes – 30,509

No – 31,441

Prop. 2 – Facilities capital improvement project bonds

Yes – 30,241

No – 31,640

Prop. 3 – Public safety and transit bonds

Yes – 33,913

No – 27,918

Prop. 4 – Road and storm drainage bonds

Yes – 37,520

No – 24,411

Proposition 5 – Parks and Recreation bonds

Yes – 33,801

No – 27,763

Prop. 6 – Fire protection bonds

Yes – 38,189

No – 20,487

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