Eight candidates file for 2 open Borough Assembly seats
Eight candidates have filed for the two seats up for re-election on the Mat Su Borough Assembly. District one in the Palmer area drew four applicants.
Eight candidates have filed for the two seats up for re-election on the Mat Su Borough Assembly. District one in the Palmer area drew four applicants. Warren Keogh, George Rauscher, James Tapley and Bruce Walden will be in a four-way race. For Assembly District 2 seat Tom Braund, John Leiner and Noel Woods will be running against incumbent Pete Houston.
Assemblyman for the upper valley, Vern Halter, is up for reelection in 2012.
Five candidates have filed for school board seats. School Board Seat G, which is the upper valley seat, will see Myrl Thompson run against Lynn Gattis. Thompson lives in Big Lake. Gattis is from Wasilla.
For School Board F, incumbent Colleen Vague is running against Neal Lacy and Susan Pougher is the only filer for Seat C. The school board, unlike the Borough Assembly is an open ballot, meaning everyone in the Borough votes for every seat.
The Borough election is October 5th.
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Ballots are still getting counted for Mat-Su Borough and local district races
Absentee ballots sent by mail and questioned ballots remain outstanding in the unofficial results.
Su Valley Voice for November 5, 2026: Sunshine Community Health Center (SCHC) Updates & Tobacco Cessation
In this episode of Su Valley Voice, host Trisha Costello was joined on the phone by the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Manager with the State of Alaska Department of Health. Together, they took a closer look at how tobacco use and addiction affects kids.
Talkeetna Community Council, Inc. Board election results are in
According to election results, community members voted Kai Leddy, Eric Lundgren, Sue Deyoe, and Keith Reimink onto the board Tuesday, November 3
Local district, statewide, and Matanuska-Susitna Borough election results are in
Because elections are not yet certified, these results remain unofficial and subject to change.