Initial unofficial Wasilla, Palmer, Houston city election results released

There’s a tight race for a seat on the Wasilla City Council.

Ian Crafton leads Nikki Velock by only seven votes in the race for council seat E, according to the initial unofficial results released Tuesday night. Crafton holds 102 total votes. Velock sits with 95 votes. There were also a pair of write-in votes.

Alina Rubeo ran unopposed for seat F, and drew 163 of the 174 votes cast.

The unofficial election results will be updated after the provisional ballots are counted on Oct. 7. The Wasilla City Council is scheduled to certify the election results at the Oct. 10 regular meeting.

A pair of incumbents lead the lone contested race for a seat on the Palmer City Council in the 2022 city election.

Incumbents Carolina Anzilotti and Josh Tudor lead newcomer Cecilia Corbin-Bradford in the initial unofficial results released Tuesday night. Anzilotti received 114 of the 273 total votes counted, as of late Tuesday, for 38 percent of the vote. Tudor has 86 for 31.5 percent. Corbin-Bradford currently stands at third with 67 votes, and 24.54 percent. There were 16 total write-in votes.

The top two earn a three-year term on the council.

Mayor Steve Carrington ran unopposed and drew 139 of the 165 votes counted Tuesday night. John Alcantra also ran unopposed for a two-year term council seat, and scored 131 of the 148 votes counted. Richard Best (120 votes) and Thomas Ojala (86 votes) will return for the council’s pair of one-year term seats.

The voter turnout was 6 percent, according to initial results.

The Canvass Board is scheduled to meet on Thursday and Friday at approx. 1 p.m. each day in Palmer City Hall to review absentee, early, questioned, and special needs ballots. The Palmer City Council is scheduled to certify the election results on a date to be determined in Palmer City Hall Council Chambers, according to the city.

Three candidates for city council seats in the Houston election received more than 72 percent of the vote. In the race for seat E, David Childs sits with 180 votes, good for 76.3 percent. Gina Jorgensen trails with 56 votes.

Sandy McDonald has 75.2 percent of the vote for seat F, and leads Paul Stout 176-58. Mike Adams has 72.3 percent, 169 votes, and leads Lisa Johansen’s 64 votes in the race for seat G.

The unofficial election results will be updated after provisional ballots are counted on Friday, according to the city. The Houston City Council is scheduled to certify the election results at the Oct. 10 special meeting.

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