Ballots set for election

MAT-SU — Local candidate lists are final after the Friday close of the official filing period in Houston, Palmer, Wasilla and the Mat-Su Borough.

Clerks in those cities and the Borough stopped taking candidate registrations promptly at 5 p.m. Friday. The livliest election promises to be for Wasilla mayor, where there are five candidates seeking the seat. Both people running for Mat-Su Borough Assembly seats are unopposed, along with two unopposed residents seeking two of three available school board seats.

The Wasilla mayor’s race has five people running and Houston City Council has eight people running for four seats. In Houston, Paul Stout and Ralph Buzard are running for re-election. Houston Mayor Sandy McDonald did not file to seek re-election.

Following is a list of candidates in local races. Look for more coverage of the candidates in the respective races in next week’s issues of the Frontiersman.

Mat-Su Borough

School Board

• Seat D: Pat Purcell (incumbent) and R. Ole Larson

• Seat E: Brian Sullivan

• Seat G: Myrl Thompson (incumbent)

Mat-Su Borough

Assembly

• District 4: Mark Ewing

• District 5: Cindy Bettine (incumbent)

Wasilla Mayor

• Steve Menard

• Marty Metiva

• Michael Carson

• Greg Koskela

• Verne Rupright

Wasilla City Council

• Seat A: Ron Cox

• Seat C: Leone Harris and Gretchen O’ Barr

• Seat D: Nancy R. Hall and Mary Kvalheim

Palmer City Council

• Brad Hanson (incumbent)

• Kevin Brown

Houston City Council

• Seat A: Griz Smith and Virgie Thompson

• Seat B: Paul Stout (incumbent) and Ruth Blanchard

• Seat C: Ralph Buzard (incumbent), Natasha Rife and Joseph Stanistreet

• Seat D: Lance Wilson