Angela Rodell, former head of Permanent Fund, in the running for mayor of Juneau

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Suzanne Downing
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Monday is the final day for candidates to file in the City and Borough of Juneau elections. Over the weekend, Angela Rodell, the former executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund, started collecting the 25 needed signatures to run for city office. It became clear then that the rumors were true: Mayor Beth Weldon, who has served two terms, will not get an easy path to reelection.

Rodell has been a financial consultant for the past few years, since leaving as the CEO of the Alaska Permanent Fund. She had also served as the Commissioner of Revenue, and Deputy Commissioner of Revenue – Treasury Division.

Her filing now shows on the elections tab at the Juneau.org website.

Rodell is a Republican, while current Mayor Beth Weldon is an undeclared — not with any party. Weldon recently lost her husband, served in the fire department, and is well-liked. Rodell will have to work hard to unseat her.

For the most part in Juneau, the mayor has no real power, other than running assembly meetings and ribbon cutting. The city manager answers to the assembly and has far more power than the mayor.

Here are the candidates for Juneau’s municipal election, which is conducted by mail and ends on Oct. 1:

ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES

Mayor – One open seat (3-year term)

Beth Weldon

Angela Rodell

Assembly District 1 – One open seat (3-year term)

Neil Steininger

Connor D. Ulmer

Assembly District 2 – One open seat (3-year term)

Emily Mesch

Nathaniel (Nano) Brooks

Maureen Hall

Dorene Lorenz

Mary Marks

Three open seats on the Board of Education. (All seats for a 3-year term)

Elizabeth (Ebett) Siddon

Amber Frommherz

Will Muldoon

Jenny Thomas

Michele Stuart Morgan

Jeff Redmond

4 COMMENTS

  1. I’m very hopeful both she and Nano Brooks both get voted in, Juneau is in desperate need of a change in a better direction.

  3. Rodell did a great job running the PF. She grew the corpus by about $30 billion dollars. After the way she was treated by Dunleavy it is a testament to her character that she is willing to serve.

    Juneau needs a smart, Republican mayor.

  4. I am not convinced. Running CBJ is nothing like the PF. While I don’t always agree with Beth, I’m voting for her. Angela is not in this for Juneau. She’s in it for publicity to make a future run for a higher office.

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