Borough election draws 13 candidates for 9 seats

There will be contested races for one seat on the borough assembly, three seats on the school board and one seat on the port commission in Wrangell’s Oct. 5 municipal election.

Candidates for two other borough assembly seats and a port commission seat are unchallenged.

Jim DeBord and Bob Dalrymple are running for the two three-year open terms on the assembly. Dalrymple is an incumbent; he was appointed in January to fill out the year for Julie Decker, who left the assembly. DeBord also expressed interest in the seat at that time, though the assembly selected Dalrymple to serve until the Octobe...