Alaskans went to the polls yesterday. Initial results show how voters across the state and here in the Mat-Su Valley weighed in on local, state, and national races.
In the Mat-Su, absentee votes need to be counted.
Here are unofficial election-night totals for contested races for Mat-Su Borough Assembly and School Board.
In Assembly District One, Thomas Bergey is in the lead with 3,337 votes, followed by Michelle Heun with 2,275.
In District Two, Philip Licht leads just over 2500 votes. He is followed by Scott Lindbloom and then Dana Raffaniello.
District Six produced a close contest. Jesse Sumner leads incumbent Ole Larson by just over 80 votes.
There were four propositions on the borough ballot.
Proposition A changes the School Board terms to 4 years from 3. Yes has a narrow lead of about 250 votes.
Proposition B applies a 5% alcohol beverages sales tax. No votes lead by about 5000 votes.
Proposition C Applies a 1% sales tax and $75,000 homeowner exemption. No votes lead by about 10,000 votes.
Proposition D Gives the Borough road and right-of-way authority. No votes lead by about 300 votes.
These are unofficial election-night totals, not certified results. Again, absentee ballots need to be counted. There is no ranked choice voting for Mat-Su Borough candidates.
Turning to the Alaska Senate, District M is tight. Incumbent Cathy Tilton leads Ryan Berry by about 200 votes. Democrat Patricia Chesbro follows.
In Senate District O, Incumbent George Rauscher leads with just over 5,000 votes, followed by Ryan Sheldon and Peter Bauer.
Neither Senate race produced a 50% plus one majority, so ranked-choice tabulation is likely.
In Alaska House District 25, incumbent DeLena Johnson leads. She is followed by Steven Merritt then Michael Bowles. This is another race that may require ranked-choice tabulation after absentee ballots are counted.
In House District 26 Incumbent Steve St. Clair received over 70 percent of the vote, defeating Jeanne Troshynski.
In House District 28 Stephen Wright leads incumbent Elexie Moore by 135 votes. Kit Kennedy followed behind.
In House District 29, Incumbent Garret Nelson leads followed by Steve Menard then Kimberly Slone and then Jessica Kusner-Kalarchik.
In the governor’s race, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins leads with 49 percent of the vote. Republican Bernadette Wilson is second with 29 percent. Republican Dave Bronson has 14 percent, and Republican Treg Taylor has 7 percent.
The combined Republican vote is greater than the Democratic total. The ranked choices will determine the outcome.
In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan has a narrow lead over Democrat Mary Peltola. Sullivan has just over 48 percent of the vote, compared with Peltola at just over 47 percent.
For Alaska’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, incumbent Republican Nick Begich leads with just under 50 percent of the vote. Independent Bill Hill has just over 40 percent.
Statewide, voters also voted on whether to repeal Alaska’s open-primary and ranked-choice voting system.
Early returns showed voters rejecting the repeal. With 393 of 400 precincts reporting, the unofficial count was: No – 52% and Yes – 48%.
The margin is narrow. Absentee ballots may change the outcome.
Absentee and some rural ballots still need to be counted. The state plans further updates before releasing final unofficial results November 18. Ranked-choice tabulation will be conducted for races without a majority on November 18.
For voters, candidates, and communities across the Mat-Su, the election story is not quite finished.
The state figures reported came out on November 3 at 10:48 p.m. 313 of 401 precincts were reporting. The borough figures are from its unofficial election night report.
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