It’s official. Beth Weldon is Juneau’s new mayor.<\/p>\n
The election results<\/a> were certified Tuesday, meaning that at the next City and Borough of Juneau Assembly meeting, Ken Koelsch’s title of mayor transfers over to Weldon, who emerged from a four-way mayoral race to claim <\/a>victory<\/a>. In the case of a city emergency of some sort, CBJ Clerk Beth McEwen explained, Weldon would be sworn in and would take over.<\/p>\n [See the full, certified results here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n Three new Assembly members and one incumbent are also officially the winners of their races. District 1 Assembly member Loren Jones ran unopposed for re-election. Carole Triem finished ahead of Tom Williams for the Areawide seat. She will serve a one-year term, replacing former Assembly member Norton Gregory who resigned from the Assembly to run for mayor.<\/p>\n The Assembly will get two new District 2 Assembly members. Michelle Bonnet Hale, who got the most votes of the five candidates vying for the two spots, will serve a full three-year term. Wade Bryson, who narrowly defeated Garrett Schoenberger for the second District 2 seat, will serve a one-year term.<\/p>\n The final official count had Bryson defeating Schoenberger by 129 votes, 3,018-2,889. That race came down to the early, absentee and questioned ballots, which were counted up<\/a> on the Friday night after the election.<\/p>\n The new Assembly members will attend an Assembly Onboarding Training event at 8 a.m. Saturday in the Assembly chambers and will be sworn in at next Monday night’s Assembly meeting at 7 p.m. in the Assembly chambers. Weldon, who was on the Assembly until resigning on July 31 to run for mayor, will lead that meeting.<\/p>\n