Alaska North Slope

Candidates for North Slope Borough Mayor observe the vote counting machine as the first results are announced. After a run-off, Charlotte Brower finally won with 1022 to George Ahmaogak's 960. The key issue has been how to balance industrial development and the traditional subsistence culture of the Inupiat people. Royal Dutch Shell have already received some of permits to drill in the Chukchi sea in 2012. Outgoing Mayor Edward Itta lead a lawsuit in 2007 against Shell over concerns the drilling would harm the environment and the last word is not yet said.

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( Will Rose and Kajsa Sjolander )

Candidates for North Slope Borough Mayor observe the vote counting machine as the first results are announced. After a run-off, Charlotte Brower finally won with 1022 to George Ahmaogak's 960. The key issue has been how to balance industrial development and the traditional subsistence culture of the Inupiat people. Royal Dutch Shell have already received some of permits to drill in the Chukchi sea in 2012. Outgoing Mayor Edward Itta lead a lawsuit in 2007 against Shell over concerns the drilling would harm the environment and the last word is not yet said.

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