Stormie Mitchell recall, Delta Junction, Alaska (2025)
| Stormie Mitchell recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| April 18, 2025 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2025 Recalls in Alaska Alaska recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall Seat B City Councilwoman Stormie Mitchell was scheduled for April 18, 2025, in Delta Junction, Alaska. Voters recalled Mitchell.[1]
Recall organizers submitted 41 signatures to the city clerk on February 24, 2025.[2]
Mitchell filed a lawsuit against Delta Junction on March 3, 2025, seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction preventing the city from holding the April 18 recall election.[3] Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines denied the motion.[4]
Recall vote
Stormie Mitchell recall, 2025
Stormie Mitchell lost the Delta Junction City Council Seat B recall election on April 18, 2025.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
61.4
|
105 | ||
No |
38.6
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66 | |||
Total Votes |
171 | ||||
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Recall supporters
The recall petition read, "Stormie Mitchell comes unprepared to meetings and delays the business of the City because of this."[2]
Recall opponents
Mitchell's attorney, Marc Smith, has written, "The allegations in the recall petition are vague, subjective, and legally insufficient under Alaska law."[5]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Alaska
Alaska allows the following grounds for recall: "misconduct in office, incompetence, or failure to perform prescribed duties." To start the recall process, supporters must file an application for a recall petition containing the signatures of 10 voters who are sponsoring the petition. If a municipal clerk determines the application meets the requisite requirements, the petition will be approved to circulate. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures within 60 days of the recall petition getting approved. For an at-large officeholder, the petition must be signed by a number of voters equal to 25% of the votes cast for that office at the last regular election. For an officeholder who represents a specific district, the petition must be signed by a number of the voters residing in the district equal to 25% of the votes cast in the district for that office at the last regular election.[6]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Delta Junction, Alaska
- Recall campaigns in Alaska
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Delta Wind, "Final recall election results," April 25, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Delta Wind, "Council sets recall election date," February 27, 2025
- ↑ Delta Wind, "Council member Mitchell sues city to stop recall election," March 8, 2025
- ↑ KUAC, "Fairbanks judge: Delta Junction City Council recall election is a go," April 15, 2025
- ↑ Daily News-Miner, "Delta Junction city council member files lawsuit against city," March 7, 2025
- ↑ Alaska State Statutes, "Title 29. Municipal Government; Chapter 26. Elections; Article 3. Recall." accessed October 16, 2023
