Updated preliminary results for the Anchorage municipal election show little change in the Anchorage Assembly and Anchorage School Board races. Two trailing candidates have signaled the end of their campaigns. The election is set to be certified April 26.
Wehmhoff concedes as early election results for District 2 show Cross with solid lead
Wehmhoff, who described herself as centrist ahead of the election, thanked the many volunteers who contributed to her campaign. Speaking of the 3,350 votes that had been cast for her as of Friday, Wehmhoff said that comes close to matching the number of households in Chugiak. The post also said Weddleton was disappointed, but that he plans to meet with Sulte and Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance to “make sure the transition is smooth and that Randy starts the job able to effectively represent the district.”
Incumbent school board members Kelly Lessens and School Board President Margo Bellamy both hold leads of over 5,000 votes in the two school board seats up for reelection. Randy Sulte, who’s challenging South Anchorage incumbent John Weddleton for his seat on the Anchorage Assembly, has grown his lead according to a third round ofThe updated unofficial results released by municipal elections staff Wednesday show Sulte ahead in the race for District 6 with 7,405 votes to Weddleton’s 6,828, meaning he’s ahead by a margin of 577 votes. Darin Colbry, a third candidate in that race, has collected 238 votes.
The early results show three ballot propositions currently receiving more opposition than support, including a major $111 million capital improvements bond for the Anchorage School District.Thursday’s updated results show election officials have tallied more than 54,700 ballots. The municipality had received more than 61,500 returned ballot envelopes by the end of Wednesday. More will continue to trickle in over the coming days, and the election is set to be certified on April 26.
Additionally, the preliminary vote for a large capital improvements bond for the Anchorage School District has flipped. While the bond proposition had slightly more yes votes than no votes on Tuesday night, updated results showed 22,989 votes against the bond, or 50.34%, compared to 22,681 votes in favor of it, or 49.66%.Elections staff still have ballots that arrived Tuesday to finish counting, and more ballots will continue to trickle in through the mail over the coming days.
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