Unofficial results of Municipal Election

Unofficial results of Municipal Election

Unofficial results of the 2018 City and Borough of Juneau Municipal Election are in.

Juneau has a new mayor: Beth Weldon. The final unofficially tally shows Weldon with 3,431 votes, ahead of Saralyn Tabachnick’s 2,745 votes and Norton Gregory’s 687 votes.

Loren Jones has been re-elected with 4,912 votes. This will be his final term on the Assembly.

Michelle Bonnet Hale earns the most votes in District 2, which means she gets a full three-year term on the Assembly.

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Wade Bryson earned the second most votes in District 2 with 2,274 votes. That race may be too close to call, as Garrett Schoenberger earned 2,152 votes, and there are still 2,500 remaining ballots left to be counted from absentee/questioned ballots and early voting. The runner-up in the District 2 race will get a one-year term on the Assembly.

Carole Triem won the areawide Assembly seat, with 3,842 votes. Tom Williams got 2,500 votes. It’s a one-year term on the Assembly.

The three newest members of the Juneau Board of Education are Elizabeth Siddon, who earned 4,905 votes, Paul Kelly who earned 4,067 votes and Kevin Allen who earned 3,581 votes. There were three seats open on the board and the race was not contested.

By the numbers:

Here are the unofficial results of the 2018 City and Borough of Juneau Municipal Election.

Mayor

Beth Weldon: 3,431

Saralyn Tabachnick: 2,745

Norton Gregory: 687

Cody W. Shoemaker: 138

District 1

Loren Jones: 4,912

District 2

Michelle Bonnet Hale: 3,381

Wade Bryson: 2,274

Garrett Schoenberger: 2,152

Emil Mackey: 1,749

Don Habeger: 1,693

Areawide

Carole Triem: 3,842

Tom Williams: 2,500

School Board

Elizabeth Siddon: 4,905

Paul Kelly: 4,067

Kevin Allen: 3,581

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout: 26.1 percent

Registered voters: 27,067

Ballots cast: 7,070

Watch the municipal election results from Election Central at City Hall.

Unofficial results of Municipal Election

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