Jared Goecker files for Anchorage Assembly

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Suzanne Downing
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It’s hard to believe, but the ballots for the Anchorage municipal election go out in less than 100 days, and candidates are already filing their financial paperwork and intent for office.

Formal candidate filing opens on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 at 8 a.m. and closes on Friday, Jan. 24, at 5 p.m. Meanwhile, there are the filings with the Alaska Public Offices Commission that indicate who may be running for local seats.

Republican Jared Goecker, who just finished an unsuccessful challenge to Eagle River Sen. Kelly Merrick in the state legislative race, has filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to run for Assembly to represent Chugiak/Eagle River for a seat that will be open.

The Assembly seats up for election include:

  • District 1 – Seat ​L – North Anchorage, incumbent Daniel Volland has filed for reelection
  • District 2 – Seat A – Chugiak, Eagle River, JBER, Jared Goecker has filed. Incumbent Mark Littlefield doesn’t plan to run.
  • District 3 – Seat D – West Anchorage, incumbent Kameron Perez-Verdia has filed with APOC to run again.
  • District 4 – Seat F – Midtown Anchorage, incumbent Meg Zaletel is not running for a third term. Erin Baldwin Day has filed with APOC and appears to live in that district.
  • District 5 – S​eat H – East Anchorage​​, incumbent Karen Bronga is not running for reelection. Yarrow Silvers is running for the seat with Bronga’s support.
  • District 6 – Seat J – South Anchorage, Girdwood, Turnagain Arm​​ – incumbent Randy Sulte has not yet filed for reelection.

For the Anchorage School Board, these seats are up for election:

  • School Board – Seat A, incumbent Margo Bellamy has filed with APOC to run again.
  • School Board – Seat B, incumbent Kelly Lessens has filed with APOC to run again.

Also expected on the Anchorage ballot is a proposal from the Anchorage Assembly to amend the city charter and enact a 3% sales tax in Anchorage, which the Assembly promises will reduce property taxes.

The next Regular Municipal Election ends Tuesday, April 1.

Anchorage votes by mail-in ballot. Ballot packages will b​​e mailed to the mailing addresses on record with the State of Alaska’s voter registration database.

“For Regular Municipal Elections, ballot packages will only be mailed to qualified Anchorage voters, at least 21 days before Election Day,” the city’s Division of Elections says.