Election worker Melissa Aronson at the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood Hall, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Updated at 10:26 p.m.

Preliminary results from Tuesday’s borough elections have Gabe Thomas and Eben Sargent as the top vote getters for borough assembly, and Rachel Saitzyk and Dan Schultz in the lead for planning commission. A seasonal sales-tax rate passed, with 562 yes votes to 515 no votes.

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Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.