Editing Aleutians East Borough, Alaska (section)

==Government and politics==
Alvin D. Osterback is the mayor of the Aleutians East Borough. The borough has an elected assembly. Members of the assembly are Warren Wilson ([[King Cove, Alaska|King Cove]]), Paul Gronholdt ([[Sand Point, Alaska|Sand Point]]), Chris Babcock (King Cove), Brenda Wilson (King Cove), Carol Foster (Sand Point), Josephine Shangin ([[Akutan, Alaska|Akutan]]), and Denise Mobeck (Sand Point). There are three advisory members, Dailey Schaack ([[Cold Bay, Alaska|Cold Bay]]), Samantha McNeley ([[Nelson Lagoon, Alaska|Nelson Lagoon]]), and Tom Hoblet ([[False Pass, Alaska|False Pass]]).<ref>"[https://www.aleutianseast.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AEB_Annual_Report_FY_2021_-_Final.pdf Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2021]".  ''Aleutians East Borough''. 2021.</ref> There is also an elected school board.

There are seven schools located in the Borough, with 273 students enrolled.

The Sand Point Clinic is managed by Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc. and inhabited a new facility in 2006. The clinic is staffed by low-level professionals and Community Health Aide/Practitioners (CHAs). The CHA role is unique to Alaska and Native Health Care.

Aleutians East Borough is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold. It has supported Republican presidential candidates in every election since 1964, often by margins of over 60%, although [[Bob Dole]] only defeated [[Bill Clinton]] by 10 votes in 1996.

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