Alaska State Representative Josiah Patkotak, North Slope Borough Assembly member Doreen Ahgeak Lampe, former Wainwright City Mayor John Hopson Jr. and former UIC President Anthony Edwardsen are competing for the role.
Four seasoned local politicians, including a current Alaska State Representative, are competing for the North Slope Borough mayor position this year.Born and raised in Utqiaġvik, Doreen Ahgeak Lampe has served as a North Slope Borough Assembly member for four consecutive terms. The experience, she said, gave her an insight into some of the most pressing issues for the region— such as creating more housing for the future growth in eight borough communities.
While Lampe said she is looking forward to the opportunities the WIllow project will bring to future generations, she said resource development companies and local leaders need to always consider how to protect fish, caribou and waterfowl. Patkotak has served the Arctic communities through his work in multiple government organizations. He was an Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope council member and a Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation board of director; a Barrow Utilities & Electric Cooperative, Inc., board member and a North Slope Borough Assembly member. In 2020, he was elected to the Alaska Legislature representing District 40, which covers the North Slope and Northwest Arctic Borough.
To address the issue, he said he wants to cultivate access to materials and work with barge and ice trail operators.
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