Candidate lists for city elections in Palmer, Wasilla and Houston are now available, with plenty of time before the Oct. 7 general election in each city.
Who is running for city seats this year? Here are the details.
Who is running for Palmer mayor and city council?
Palmer voters will decide four races in this year’s election: mayor, a pair of three-year city council seats, and a one-year council seat.
Candidates are listed alphabetically by last name and include brief background information on each individual.
Palmer City Mayor
- John Alcantra – Current city council member
- Jim Cooper – Current city council member; former mayor
- Cachet Garrett – Former University of Alaska Board of Regents member
- Victoria Hudson – Current city council member
- Josh Tudor – Current city council member
Palmer City Council (three-year term)
- Alison Collins – Palmer-based attorney
- Amanda Graham – Wasilla Police Department spokesperson; spouse of a Palmer Fire Department member
- Carolina Graver – Incumbent city council member
Palmer City Council (one-year term)
- Sherry Carrington – Spouse of current mayor Steve Carrington
- Audra “Omega” Jackson – President of the Mat-Su Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation
How Palmer City elections work
Palmer voters do not elect candidates to specific council seats. Instead, they vote for a set number of candidates based on the number of open seats. The city posts candidate names in alphabetical order on its website…