At least 798 Chilkat Valley residents cast ballots according to results released by the state’s Division of elections early Wednesday morning. 

In the presidential election, both Haines No. 1 which encompasses Lutak Road, Mud Bay and Haines and Haines No. 2 which includes much of the upper Chilkat Valley voted for former President Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. The two also won the state with a more than 15 percentage point lead over Kamala Harris. 

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