Ketchikan Indian Community had its annual Tribal Council election on Monday. In an email sent to KRBD on Thursday, the tribe announced the unofficial results of that election.
Four seats were open on the Council, but only two incumbents sought re-election. Neither was successful.
According to the unofficial results, Richard Jackson, John Morris Jr., Joseph Reeves and Carrie James were the top four candidates.
Incumbent Rob Sanderson was on the ballot. Andre Lecornu did not file for re-election, but ran unsuccessfully as a write-in. The other incumbents who did not run for re-election were Donna Frank and Delores Churchill.
Richard Jackson had the most votes of any candidate on the ballot. He led an unsuccessful campaign last summer to recall almost all the members of the Tribal Council. The recall petition, which eventually was rejected, claimed that the Council violated the tribe’s Constitution by temporarily appointing the Tribal Council president as the KIC administrator.
According to KIC, 295 tribal members voted in this year’s election. The election results won’t be official until the Tribal Council certifies the results in a meeting scheduled for Monday evening. The Council also will choose new officers during that meeting.
Below is a list of complete unofficial election results, provided by KIC.
Tribal Council:
On the ballot:
Richard Jackson 180 Votes
John Morris, Jr. 159 Votes
Joseph Reeves 149 Votes
Carrie James 127 Votes
David Jensen 113 Votes
Rob Sanderson, Jr. 95 Votes
Cheryl Haven 84 Votes
Kenneth Truitt 80 Votes
William Bird 64 Votes
Elroy Edenshaw 52 Votes
Write-ins:
Andre “Skip” LeCornu 12 Votes
John Sanders 4 Votes
Verna Hudson 2 Votes
Advisory Health Board:
On the ballot:
Cecelia Johnson 307 Votes
Martha Johnson 246 Votes
Delma Inman 160 Votes
Write-ins:
Andre LeCornu 31 Votes
Ken Truitt 8 Votes
Cynthia Llanos 8 Votes
Holly Churchill Burns 6 Votes
Cheryl Haven 3 Votes
Carrie James 3 Votes
Rob Sanderson 3 Votes
Ruschelle Hull 3 Votes
Bonnie Newman 1 Vote
Steven H. Dilts 1 Vote
