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
Guttenberg still carries a lot of wet wood in that old potbellied stove.
Coghill would need to garner 52% of the outstanding ballots. Even then, he’d only win by about ten votes. For purposes of this calculation, I’m ignoring the third candidate, Shields.
To deviate from the statistical sampling of the votes already cast would be unlikely. But possible. Less than 20 percent likelihood unless the votes remaining strongly skewed towards North Pole- conservative districts.
Pray for John Coghill’s victory.
Tammie won Savannah Fletcher’s seat. How sweet is thy sting.
Savannah isn’t running for that seat, she’s running for State Leg. You must be confused?
What on Earth lady
You Democrats can’t think without being told, can you? Fletcher’s Assembly seat now belongs to Tammie Wilson. And soon, Cronk will send Fletcher back to her little communist-run law office. Maybe even with a statute charge by the AG.
Wrong. It belongs to Savannah Fletcher, there aren’t even final results yet, keep your pants on, I’m sure Tammie will let you get a turn.
Savannah Fletcher has lots of problems going into her Senate race. Kristen Schupp is just one of them. Bobby Burgess is another. If you presented nicer, Jim, I’m sure Schupp would send you an autographed blow-up of Bobbie’s derriere.
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Jim Preston,
Did you get past 7th grade? Just wondering because your comments reflect a luke warm IQ. Wilson won the Assembly seat that used to belong to Fletcher. Fletcher is termed out.
Wilson will be around for a minimum of three years. Go give Fletcher a big squeeze and wish her luck, as she’s going to need it.
The Tax Cap gets Capped but the Old Guard that wants to bust a Cap in the Tax Cap has just enough Caps to play with… Something don’t add up here ????
One really has to wonder why someone like Robert Shields would run for mayor of the FNS Borough absolutely no chance of winning in a three way race against two very well known candidates. I think he must like the “spoiler.”
Before the cheating machines were in place, really close races were a rarity. Now, somehow, it seems like most elections in this country end up with very close results, with leftists just barely edging out a victory. Just coincidence, I’m sure…….
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