Editing Sitka, Alaska (section)

==Government==
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,659|2,057|149|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,745|2,124|162|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,830|2,135|510|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,832|2,340|243|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,129|2,355|144|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,726|1,737|164|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,067|1,484|737|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,823|1,732|775|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,741|1,695|1,171|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,232|1,720|114|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,380|1,403|113|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,862|1,212|439|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,559|1,004|106|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,280|1,080|73|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,023|1,148|139|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|629|1,571|0|Alaska}}
{{PresFoot|1960|Democratic|982|1,140|0|Alaska}}

The City and Borough of Sitka is a Unified Home Rule<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/pub/11Taxable.pdf
 |title=Alaska Taxable 2011: Municipal Taxation – Rates and Policies
 |publisher=Division of Community and Regional Affairs, [[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development]]
 |date=January 2012
 |access-date=January 23, 2013
|url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425132818/http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/pub/11Taxable.pdf
 |archive-date=April 25, 2013
}}</ref><ref>
 {{cite web
 |title      = City-Borough Sitka
 |publisher  = [[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development]]
 |url        = ftp://ftp.dcbd.dced.state.ak.us/DCBD/Municipal_charters/Charters%20-%20Home%20Rule/Borough/City_Borough_Sitka.pdf
 |access-date = July 16, 2008
}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> city.
The home rule charter of the City and Borough of Sitka was adopted on December 2, 1971,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cityofsitka.com/asmbly/pdf/charter.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203043939/http://www.cityofsitka.com/asmbly/pdf/charter.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Home Rule Charter of the City and Borough of Sitka|archivedate=February 3, 2007}}</ref> for the region of the Greater Sitka Borough, which included Japonski Island and [[Port Alexander, Alaska|Port Alexander]] and [[Baranof Warm Springs, Alaska|Baranof Warm Springs]] on Baranof Island. The city was incorporated on September 24, 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ak-prepared.com/serc/images/REAA_Map.pdf|title=Community/Borough Map: State of Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development|website=ak-prepared.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070619200046/http://www.ak-prepared.com/serc/images/REAA_Map.pdf|archive-date=June 19, 2007}}</ref> On October 23, 1973, the city of Port Alexander was detached from the borough.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dcra.commerce.alaska.gov/DCBD/Municipal%20Certificates/Boroughs/Sitka.pdf |title=Certificate of Organization of the Unified Home Rule Municipality of the City an Borough of Sitka |date=June 18, 1990 |publisher=[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development]], Division of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA) |access-date=May 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615143818/http://dcra.commerce.alaska.gov/DCBD/Municipal%20Certificates/Boroughs/Sitka.pdf |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

=== Police ===
{{Main article|Sitka Police Department}}