The mayor’s election is too close to call in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, but Democrat Grier Hopkins has a slight advantage over Republican John Coghill, with a 45-vote difference that could be made up by absentees, although the chance is somewhat slim.
There are 975 outstanding borough absentee ballots and 546 outstanding borough questioned ballots. That’s enough to also — theoretically — impact Assembly and School Board seats. All remaining and incoming qualified absentee and questioned ballots will be counted on Oct. 8, at 2 p.m.
Here are the results from Fairbanks, as of Tuesday night:
Borough Mayor
Robert Shields: 644
John Coghill: 8,721
Grier Hopkins: 8,766
Assembly Seat A
Miguel Ramirez: 8,139
David Guttenberg: 9,529
Assembly Seat F
Garrett Armstrong: 8,816
Tammie Wilson: 9,115
Assembly Seat G
Jimi Cash: 8,663
Kristan Kelly: 8,922
School Board Seat A
Loa Caroll-Hubbard: 8,646
Tamara Kruse Roselius: 8,367
School Board Seat B
April Smith: 8,403
Morgan Dulian: 8,650
Proposition #1 Tax Revenue Cap passed with 66% of the vote, keeping the tax cap in place for two more years.
North Pole Mayor
Larry Terch: 216
Anton L. Keller: 154
Fairbanks City Council Seat A:
Jerry Cleworth: 2,328
Sean MacDonald: 1,271
Fairbanks City Council Seat B:
Valerie M. Therrien: 1,445
Olivia Rodriguez: 1,143
Aaron Crook: 1,059