Preliminary election results

A total of 365 ballots were cast on Wrangell's election day, Oct.1, plus an additional 40 absentee ballots. There were several positions up for election on the borough assembly, school board and port commission. The public also had the opportunity to vote to make a minor amendment to Wrangell's charter, removing the Wrangell Medical Center Board as the hospital is no longer operated by the borough. The following is the preliminary election results (* indicates preliminary winner):

Borough Assembly,

three-year term

*Julie Decker, 308

*Patricia Gilbert, 310

Write-ins, 6

Borough Assembly,

unexpired one-year term

Caitlin Cardinell, 117

*Drew Larrabee, 243

*Anne Morrison, 220

Jennifer Ridgeway, 64

Write-ins, 2

Port Commission,

three-year term

*John Yeager, 345

Write-ins, 18

School Board,

three-year term

*Cyni Crary, 175

*Beth Heller, 182

Jayme Howell, 140

David Wilson, 166

Write-ins, 1

School Board,

unexpired one-year term

*Jeanie Arnold, 239

Sheri Ridgeway, 89

Write-ins, 1

School Board,

unexpired two-year term

*Patricia Gilbert, 338

Write-ins, 6

Proposition 1

*Yes, 307. No, 44