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Pierce leads in run-off

Published 5:14 am Wednesday, October 25, 2017

A car passes supporters waving signs for borough mayoral candidate Charlie Pierce at the intersection of the Sterling Highway and the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday in Soldotna. Kenai Peninsula voters chose between Pierce and candidate Linda Hutchings for the office of borough mayor on Tuesday. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
A car passes supporters waving signs for borough mayoral candidate Charlie Pierce at the intersection of the Sterling Highway and the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday in Soldotna. Kenai Peninsula voters chose between Pierce and candidate Linda Hutchings for the office of borough mayor on Tuesday. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Unofficial results of Tuesday’s run-off election for Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor show Charlie Pierce with a substantial lead.

With 25 of the borough’s 28 precincts reporting, Pierce had garnered 53.6 percent of the vote to 46.4 percent for his opponent, Linda Farnsworth Hutchings.

This story will be updated.

— Clarion staff report

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