Wrangell preliminary election results

WRANGELL — With polls closing at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, preliminary results for Wrangell’s city election have come in. The election saw seats open for the positions of mayor, the borough assembly, school board, port commission, and hospital board. Also on the ballot was Proposition 1, which would allow for the lease of the Wrangell Medical Center and construction of a new hospital. There were 649 ballots cast on election day, with an additional 115 absentee ballots. The preliminary results of the election are as follows:

There were two candidates for mayor, Stephen Prysunka and Carl Carlisle. P...