Anne Schaefer defeated Ken Jones in the Tuesday, March 2 Cordova General Election to retain her place on the Cordova City Council, City Clerk Susan Bourgeois confirmed. Schaefer received 347 votes and Jones received 312 votes.
A total 666 ballots were counted on the evening of Tuesday, March 2, including 358 ballots cast at the Cordova Center polling station on election day, 232 ballots cast early at the polling station, 44 special needs ballots and 32 absentee mail-in ballots. Up to 15 mail-in ballots may still be counted if postmarked by March 2 and received by March 16. Additionally, five ballots of uncertain validity must be checked with the Alaska Division of Elections.
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