Municipal Election

An ordinance to require hand verification of votes counted by machine passed the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly last week.

The City of Delta Junction has finished counting votes in the April 18 election to recall a City Council member.

Unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal elections left some races too close to call – like the one for Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor, in which 43 votes separate the top two candidates.

The Tanana Valley League of Women Voters showcases candidates for FNSBSD Board of Education; Seat A, Loa Carroll Hubbard and Tamara Kruse Roselius, and Seat B, April Smith and Morgan Dulian. This recording is a segment of the larger event Sept. 13, 2024.

Here is a short segment, featuring just the borough assembly races, of the September 13 candidate forum hosted by the Tanana Valley League of Women Voters.

Running for Assembly Seat A: incumbent David Guttenberg and Miguel Ramirez.

West Valley High School Juniors Hailey Staiger and Heidi Sauer, moderated a candidate forum for Fairbanks North Star Borough Board of Education. Students submitted 10 long-form questions and 8 lightning-round questions.

The Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce hosts Fairbanks City Council Candidates Jerry Cleworth, for Seat A (Sean McDonald was not at the forum) and three candidates for Seat B: Aaron Crook, Olivia Rodriguez and Valerie Therrien.

Assembly candidate forum

Candidates for Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly and Mayor, Fairbanks and North Pole City Council and North Pole Mayor, Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board and Interior Gas Utility Board are running in the October 1 municipal election.