Homer city council keeps status quo
Published 7:30 pm Tuesday, October 7, 2025
The next Homer City Council meeting on Monday won’t look too different from the last time they met in September. All three incumbent candidates — Bradley Parsons, Jason Davis and Storm Hansen, were reelected to their respective seats following the posting of preliminary city election results Tuesday night.
One-year term
Preliminary election results posted by the City of Homer Election Canvass Board show in-person votes counted at Homer No. 1 and Homer No. 2 precincts.
Between both precincts, Parsons brought in 535 votes, equalling 57% of total votes cast. Challenger Michael Jones took 359 votes, or 38% of total votes cast. The results also show six write-in votes, for 0.01% of total votes cast.
On Tuesday night, Parsons wrote in an email to Homer News that he was “honored and humbled” by those who came out in support.
Three-year term
Davis was reelected with 527 votes, or 56% of the total vote. Hansen brought in 451 votes, or 48% of total votes cast.
Challenger John Minke took 357 votes, for 38% of total votes cast. Elias Garvey had 301 votes, or 32%. Seven write-in votes equalled 0.01% of total votes cast.
Hansen wrote via text Tuesday night that she was “very humbled” to be able to retain her seat for a third term.
“I respect all of the candidates and feel like we all bring something special to our community,” she said. “With that being said, I can’t stop smiling … it means so very much to be trusted by my community.
“Now (it’s) time to put in the hard work to continue the progress we have been making at the council dais.”
Davis said Wednesday morning that he was “really happy” with the outcome and with the election’s strong turnout.
“It was great to have all three seats contested this time around — really shows a lot of enthusiasm in our community — and I hope that people will keep looking for ways to support the city, whether by serving on one of our commissions or volunteering their time in other ways,” he said.
Election Day turnout
Homer polling locations reported steady traffic Tuesday afternoon on Election Day as voters turned up to cast their ballots in the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections.
At Homer City Hall, the polling location for precinct Homer No. 1, city manager Melissa Jacobsen said that the turnout for absentee voting had been pretty good, and in-person turnout remained steady.
Local resident Britta Frank said she came out to vote on the ballot propositions and the school board.
“I’m really in support of public education, and so I really want a strong candidate that is going to be able to advocate for our students,” she said. “That’s important to me, being a parent of four, with two in school.”
Another voter said she’s driven to vote in order to elect representation.
“I just think that’s one of our rights and duties as citizens of this country, to do that,” she said. “I vote every chance I get.”
The Homer United Methodist Church is the polling location for the second Homer city precinct. Election workers there said they’d received “so many” absentee ballots in the last two weeks, and that turnout on Election Day was a “steady trickle” with additional bursts of voters.
At the Homer Chamber of Commerce — the polling place for the Diamond Ridge precinct — election workers reiterated that turnout had been steady throughout the afternoon. They’d received about 120 in-person ballots by approximately 1:30 p.m., and were hoping to see 20% voter turnout. The precinct was issued 1,025 ballots.
In Anchor Point, election workers at the Anchor Point Community and Senior Center said that turnout was steady, yet fairly mild. They expected to see a few more voters appear after the end of the workday.
Elections results certification
According to the preliminary certificate of election, the Homer Election Canvass Board counted 940 regular voters, 443 absentee voters, 18 special needs voters and 6 question voters for a total of 1,407 voters in the Homer No. 1 and Homer No. 2 precincts. The City of Homer had 5,478 total registered voters as of Sept. 7. Voter turnout was 26%, according to unofficial results.
Find the preliminary Homer election results online at www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/cityclerk/2025-preliminary-election-results.
The canvass board will meet in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers on Friday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. to finalize counting of absentee and question ballots. Final election results will be certified at the next regular Homer City Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 13 at 6 p.m.
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This story was updated Wednesday morning to include comments from city council member Jason Davis and to correct voting percentages for the three-year candidates.
