It was an easy election night for incumbents but a tough night for conservative candidates for the Anchorage Assembly, with ballot counting showing strong leads for Assemblymen Felix Rivera of midtown and Chris Constant of north town.
Also, the candidates for open seats who were backed by the Democratic Party had a strong advantage when all of the votes that could be counted were through the machine.
The progressive trend in Anchorage will continue, as these results are unlikely to flip, even as ballots submitted on Tuesday and those that will arrive in coming days are counted by the Anchorage Election Office.
The only conservative with a likely win on Tuesday is Scott Myers of Eagle River, who easily beat Democrat Jim Arlington.
Both incumbents on the school board won — conservative Dave Donley and liberal Andy Holleman.
With 30,312 votes counted so far, or 12.87% of the possible 235,000 votes, the results show what are historically insurmountable leads for the leaders:
North Anchorage – Assembly District 1, Seat B
- Chris Constant 65.28%
- John Trueblood 23.01%
- Nick Danger 11.71%
Assembly District 2, Seat C
- Jim Arlington 43.02%
- Scott Myers 56.98%
Assembly District 3 Seat E
- Dustin Darden 4.33
- Anna Brawley 59.03%
- Brian Flynn 36.64%
Assembly District 4 Seat G
- Travis Szanto 43.98%
- Felix Rivera 56.02%
Assembly District 5 Seat H
- Leigh Sloan 39.76%
- Karen Bronga 60.24%
Assembly District 5 Seat I
- George Martinez 56.16%
- Spencer Moore 43.84%
Assembly District 6 Seat K
- Rachel Ries 42.89%
- Mikel Insalco 3.29%
- Zac Johnson 53.82%
School Board Seat C
- Dave Donley 57.35%
- Irene Boll 42.65%
School Board Seat D
- Mark Anthony Cox 44.85%
- Andy Holleman 55.15%
