Incumbent Section Managers win new term of office

Three incumbent Section Managers were re-elected in races that concluded on Tuesday, November 24.

In Alabama, Jay Isbell, KA4KUN, received 513 votes; challenger Les Rayburn, N1LF, received 167 votes.
Isbell, of Bessemer, will begin his second term as Section Manager on January 1, 2010.

In the Alaska Section Manager election, Jim Larsen, AL7FS, of Anchorage, won his second two-year term of office when he received 176 votes; challenger David Stevens, KL7EB, received 65 votes.

Ron Cowan, KB0DTI, of LaCygne, Kansas, will continue as Section Manager; he received 382 votes while challenger Joseph Plankinton, WD0DMV, received 175 votes. Cowan has been the Kansas Section Manager since 2003.

The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected for their next terms of office beginning January 1, 2010:
Jim Latham, AF6AQ (East Bay);
Frank Filipkowski, AD3M (Delaware);
Dale Williams, WA8EFK (Michigan);
Don Wood, W5FHA (New Mexico);
Glen Clayton, W4BDB (Tennessee);
Robert Griffin, K6YR (Santa Barbara), and
Ed Emco, W1KT (Western Massachusetts).