Paralegal Janice Park Wins by 26 Votes

0:00After a nail-biting recount, Janice Park snagged the Midtown Anchorage Assembly seat with a razor-thin 26-vote lead over Dave Donnelly. This comes from the April 7 City election, where results dragged on for over two weeks as mail-in ballots trickled in. Donnelly started strong on election night, up by 89 votes against Park, while Kim Winston trailed far behind. But as more absentee votes got tallied, Park pulled ahead by April 10, forcing an automatic recounts since her edge stayed under half a percent. Park's apparel legal and registered Democrat with pass runs for state house incidences. Donnelly, a conservative ex-state lawmaker from the late 80s to early 2000s, was finishing his third term on the Anchorage School Board. Friday's recount had election staff double-check over 100 tricky ballots, like write-ins and overvotes. While campaign observers watched, closely. In the end, the numbers held firm, Park at 5,030 votes, Donnelly at 5,004.

1:01Those results head to the Election Commission for Final Sign-Off on Monday, with all new assembly members, including Park, Eagle Rivers Donald, Handel-in, North Anchorage's Sydney Scout, and re-elected incumbents like Anna Brawley, getting sworn in Tuesday night. This has been Anchorage News Today, powered by AI.