Karl W. Kassel (born September 10, 1952) is a retired businessman and government administrator, and more recently a Democratic politician, from the U.S. state of Alaska. In 2008, following his retirement as parks and recreation director for the Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB), Kassel ran for the Alaska House of Representatives from the 7th District, which covers most of the FNSB north of the city of Fairbanks. As the Democratic nominee challenging embattled Republican incumbent Mike Kelly, a bitterly fought campaign led to a close result and a recount of votes. In the end, Kelly would outpoll Kassel by only 4 votes. Kelly would lose reelection in 2010 to Bob Miller, a former news anchor on Fairbanks television station KTVF. That same year, Kassel won election to a seat on the FNSB Assembly, the borough's governing body, which is a nonpartisan position (as is the case with all municipal elected offices in Alaska). He defeated incumbent Guy Sattley, who had served five mostly non-consecutive terms on the body starting in 1990.
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