Wrangell’s municipal election held two contested races, that being the school board and the borough assembly.
Two, three-year seats were up for grabs on the school board. The unofficial municipal election results show newcomer Bonnie Ritchie with 196 votes and incumbent Liz Roundtree with 125 votes. 108 voters voted for Jayme Howell, 72 votes for incumbent David Wilson and Brittani Robbins had 69 votes. Jayme Howell ran as a write-in candidate. Other write-ins made up five votes.
Ritchie believes that being on the school board is not only the right thing for her to do, but also the responsible thing to do as a parent with her kids in the school district.
Roundtree, who took the other school board seat, believes more community members should be involved with the school district by voicing their opinions.
Phillip Mach leads in the borough assembly one-year term seat
Incumbent Phillip Mach with 188 votes will serve on the borough assembly for the following year. The other contestants were incumbent Brittani Robbins with 61 votes and David Wilson with 53 votes. There was one write-in.
Mach believes that this is a pivotal time for Wrangell, making it a time for residents to act and move forward.
Both incumbent David Powell and newcomer Dan Powers ran uncontested for the two, three-year term borough assembly seats. Powell finished with 234 votes and 270 voters voted for Powers. There were 17 write-ins.
Uncontested Port Commission seats
For the two uncontested, three-year term seats on the Port Commission, 272 voters voted for incumbents Winston J. Davies and John Yaeger had 268 votes. There were 10 write-ins.
Incumbent Antonio Silva ran uncontested for the one-year term Port Commission seat. He received 292 votes. There were two write-ins.
In total, 325 voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s municipal election. There were 68 early voting ballots that have yet to be counted. That’s about a 40% decrease than last year. These election results will remain unofficial until the borough’s Canvass Board meets on Thursday in City Hall at 1 p.m. The Borough Assembly will certify the results at a special board meeting Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m.
