Organized communities around Alaska hold local elections on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The exceptions are Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough — Anchorage votes in April, and Mat-Su has moved to align with the November General Election.
People from all walks of life have stepped up to serve their communities. Here’s a sampling of some of the people on the ballots the top seats (mayoral and assembly/council) that are open in their communities:
Aleutians East Borough
Assembly Seat C: Chris Babcock, Glen Gardner Jr.
Assembly Seat D: Dailey J.N. Schaack, Brenda Lee Wilson
Bristol Bay Borough
Assembly: Clyde E. Clark, Mary Swain
Bristol Bay Borough sample ballot at this link
Delta Junction
Seat A:
Seat B: Erin Catterson
Seat D:
Seat E:
Delta Junction election information here
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Mayor: Chris Ludtke, Robert J. Shields, Bryce J. Ward
Assembly Seat A: David Guttenberg, Kevin M. McKinley
Assembly Seat F: Savannah Fletcher, Patricia Silva
Assembly Seat G: Lance Roberts, Kristan Kelly
Fairbanks Borough complete list of candidates at this link
Fairbanks City
City Council: Jerry Cleworth, Jonathan Bagwil
Fairbanks Conservatives have recommended this slate:
Haines Borough
Assembly: Richard Clement, Tyler Huling, Brenda Josephson, Debra Schnabel
Houston
City Council Seat C: Ron Bass, Carter Cole, Shanie Heger
City Council Seat D: Tony Kuse, Lance Wilson
City Council Seat G: Mike Adams, David Johnson, Gina Jorgensen
Juneau City and Borough
Mayor: Beth Weldon
Assembly Seat 1: Barbara Blake, Paul Kelly, Troy Wuyts-Smith
Assembly Seat 2: Michelle Bonnet Hale, Kelly Fishler
Juneau sample ballot at this link
Kenai Borough
Assembly Seat 1: Brent Hibbert
Assembly Seat 2: Kenn Carpenter, Cindy L. Eckland
Assembly Seat 9: Ashton Callahan, Dawson Slaughter, Mike Tupper
Kenai Borough candidate information at this link
Kenai City
City Council: Jim Duffield, Alexander Douthit, James Baisden, Deborah Sounart, Victoria Askin
Kenai sample ballot at this link
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly
Assembly: Jason Button, Darlene d-Svenson, Grant EchoHawk
Ketchikan voter information pamphlet at this link
Ketchikan City
Mayor: Dave Kiffer
City Council: Jai Mahtani, Janalee Gage, Lallette Kistler
Ketchikan City candidate list at this link
Kodiak Borough
Assembly: Scott Smiley, Sarah Sundsten, Eric Sundsten, Dennis Symmons, James Turner
Kodiak Borough sample ballot at this link
Kodiak City
Mayor: Pat Branson
City Council: Rich Walker, Tracy Craig, Terry Haines
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Mayor: Glen R. Alsworth Sr.
Mat-Su Borough
Mayor: Edna DeVries, Matt Beck (Cottle has withdrawn)
Assembly District 7: Ron Bernier, Tamara Boeve
Mat-Su sample ballot at this link
Northwest Arctic Borough
Mayor: Dicki Moto Sr., Lucy S. Nelson, Clement Richards Sr.
Assembly Seat A: Elmer Armstrong Jr.
Assembly Seat B: Austin Swan Sr.
Assembly Seat J: Gia Hanna, Derek B. Haviland, Reid Paaluk Magdanz
Assembly Seat K: Johnson Greene, Walter Sampson
Palmer
City Council: Julie Berberich, Steve Carrington, Lee Henrickson, Pam Melin
Palmer sample ballot at this link
Petersburg Borough
Assembly (2 seats): Paul Anderson, Lars Christensen, Thomas Fine-Walsh, Bob Lynn, Marc Martinson, Brandi Thynes, Dana Thynes, Jim Vick
Petersburg sample ballot at this link
Rural Alaska districts – run by State
Very small communities have assistance from the State to run elections. They are known as REAAs — Regional Educational Attendance Areas.
Information on elections in rural areas at this State of Alaska link
Sitka City and Borough
Assembly: David E. Miller, Rachel Moreno, Kevin Mosher
Sitka sample ballot at this link
Skagway
Mayor: Andrew Cremata, Christy Murphy
Assembly: Jay L. Burnham, William F. Lockette II, Deb Potter
Skagway sample ballot at this link
Wasilla
City Council Seat A: Jordan Rausa, Colleen Sullivan-Leonard
City Council Seat B: Stuart Graham, DaJonee Hale
Wrangell City and Borough
Assembly 3-year: Jim DeBord, Bob Dalrymple, David Powell
Assembly 1-year: Donald McConachie Sr, David Powell
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Any Conservatives that feel they getting squeezed out of a Blue community like Juneau or Southeast, they all can relocate to Delta Junction and set up a whole new community. Hahaha
Vote 4 Dawson Slaughter
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly District 9
What about Homer City Council?
I know its hard to encompass all of this type of information statewide, but this is heads up for next time to include the City of Dillingham’s local elections. Thanks.
I’m pretty sure Cordova, Valdez and the Denali Borough also deviate from October elections. North Pole used to have November elections until deciding it made sense to pool ballot-counting resources with the FNSB. Also, REAA elections are conducted by the state Division of Elections because REAAs are subdivisions of the Unorganized Borough, which ostensibly falls under the umbrella of state government rather than a separately incorporated municipality.
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