2025 Regular Municipal Election Final Results Certified
The Canvass Review Board has completed its work on the October 7, 2025 CBJ Regular Municipal Election and the Election Official has now certified the final results. The Canvass Review Board began work on Monday, October 20 and completed its review on Tuesday, October 21. Official results are posted to the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) Elections webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections.
The Assembly and School Board races saw the following candidates elected:
- Areawide Assembly: Ella Adkison was elected to her first full three-year term.
- District 1 Assemblymember: Greg Smith was elected to his final three-year term as an Assemblymember.
- District 2 Assemblymember: Nathaniel “Nano” Brooks was elected to his first three-year term as an Assemblymember.
- School Board members: Steve Whitney and Melissa Cullum were elected to three-year terms, while Jenny Thomas was elected to a two-year term to fill an unexpired seat.
The results of the ballot proposition are summarized below. Exact language for each proposition is available in the sample ballot (PDF).
Proposition 1 – Mill Rate Cap Amendment
Proposition 1 was a citizen’s initiative petition to amend Section 9.7 of the CBJ Charter. It proposed capping the property tax rate at 9 mills, down from the previous rate cap 12 mills. Additional millage would be permissible to pay for general obligation debt. Any property tax rate above the new cap would require voter approval at a future election. The proposition passed with 5,163 YES votes and 5,006 NO votes.
Proposition 1 is scheduled to take effect on November 20, 2025, 30 days after enactment, however the impacts of the rate cap will not be reflected until the Fiscal Year 2027 municipal budget.
Proposition 2 – Sales Tax Exemptions
Proposition 2 was a citizen’s initiative petition to amend the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) Code to create new sales tax exemptions for both essential food (as defined by the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008) and non-commercial essential utilities. The proposition passed with 7,099 YES votes and 3,100 NO votes.
Proposition 2 is scheduled to take effect on November 20, 2025, 30 days after enactment. The citizen’s initiative was modeled after the existing senior sales tax exemption and will require several steps by City, merchants and service providers, as well as members of the public to implement. The CBJ Finance Department will assist merchants with this change, however, seniors with sales tax exemption cards should continue to carry their cards until the transition is complete.
More information on this process will be provided over the next 30 days.
Proposition 3 – Seasonal Sales Tax
Proposition 3 proposed amending the CBJ Sales Tax Code to implement a new permanent seasonal sales tax structure. The measure proposed the introduction of a 2% sales tax from October 1 through March 31 and a 6.5% sales tax from April 1 through September 30 of each year, while repealing both the current permanent 1% and temporary 3% sales taxes. The existing temporary 1% sales tax would have remained unchanged. The proposition failed with 4,365 YES votes and 5,853 NO votes.
A more detailed report with election statistics will be provided at the October 27 Assembly Reorganizational Meeting, to be held at 6 p.m. in person at Centennial Hall Ballroom #3 and remotely via Zoom webinar.
CBJ would like to extend our gratitude to the 10,263 people who voted in this election, those candidates who ran for office, and all those involved with races and propositions on the ballot, with a special thanks to the dedicated CBJ Election Workers and support staff who contributed hours and hours of their time to ensure the safety and integrity of our municipal election.
For media inquiries about the municipal election, contact the CBJ Municipal Clerk’s Office at (907) 586-5278, option 4, or [email protected].