Incumbents victorious in Oct. 6 Alaska school board elections

October 8, 2015

By Elisabeth Cervantes

Incumbents swept the general elections in Alaska's second- and third-largest school districts on October 6, 2015. Five seats were up for election with eight candidates running. All five incumbents sought and won re-election with only one formal challenger in all of the races; two certified write-in candidates also campaigned in these elections.

Residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board also voted in favor of changing the school board structure from members being elected at-large to members being elected by district. Alternatively, voters decided against changing the regular election date to November.

Candidates

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Seat A
☑ Lisa Gentry (i)

Seat B
☑ Heidi Haas (i)

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Seat A
☑ Deborah Retherford (i)
☐ Sacha Pettitt (write-in candidate)

Seat B
☑ Sarah Welton (i)
☐ Michael Coons (write-in candidate)

Seat E
☑ Kelsey Trimmer (i)
☐ Wade Long

See also

Alaska	School Boards	News and Analysis
Alaska school board elections, 2015 Public education in Alaska List of school districts in Alaska	School board elections, 2015 List of school board elections in 2015 Candidate filing deadlines, 2015 Campaign finance deadlines, 2015	School boards in session: 2014 elections by the numbers Analysis of incumbency advantage in the 2014 school board elections