Early results from the Anchorage municipal election indicate that Mayor Dave Bronson is in a comfortable position, but not leading in his reelection for mayor. The Anchorage Election Office counted 44,427 ballots and posted results late in the evening on April, with more mail-in ballots to be counted and posted in the coming days. So far, the turnout is 18.91% but many more votes are expected.
There are 237,360 registered voters in Anchorage A mayoral candidate must have 45% of ballots cast to avoid going into a runoff. It appears there will be a runoff between Suzanne LaFrance and Dave Bronson for mayor.
Mayor’s race
Suzanne LaFrance: 16,121 for 36.29%
Dave Bronson: 15,559 for 35%
Bill Popp: 7,630 for 17.17%
Chris Tuck: 3,490 for 7.86%
Jenny DiGrappa: 916
Nick Danger: 220
Phil Isley: 198
Dustin Darden: 148
Breck Craig: 92
Darin Colby: 63
Eagle River has a new Assembly member, as Mark Littlefield was unopposed in the exercise of replacing resigning member Kevin Cross.
Mark Littlefield: 4,838
School Board:
School Board – Seat E
Pat Higgins, incumbent: 22,290
Kay Schuster: 17,636
School Board – Seat F
Angela Frank: 14,004
Dora Wilson, incumbent: 23,987
School Board – Seat G
Chelsea Pohland: 16,744
Carl Jacobs, incumbent: 22,721
Proposition 1: Capital improvements, Anchorage School bonds. Yes – 23,007; No – 21,305
Proposition 2: Amending charter, requiring confirmation of chief medical officer by Assembly. Yes – 24,641; No – 19,443
Proposition 3: Roads, drainage bonds. Yes – 28,792; No – 15,533
Proposition 4: Parks and Recreation capital improvement bonds. Yes – 25,702; No – 18,529
Proposition 5: Police service area bonds. Yes – 26,071; No – 18,026
Proposition 6: Transit capital improvement bonds. Yes – 26,784; No – 17,430
Proposition 7: Cemetery capital improvement bonds. Yes – 19,609; No – 24,445 FAILS
Proposition 8: Portland Loo bonds. Yes – 17,186; No – 27,086 FAILS
Proposition 9: Chugach State Park access service bonds. Yes – 24,919; No – 19,332
