Who’s running for Anchorage Assembly, School Board

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APRIL 2 ELECTION WILL BE VOTE-BY-MAIL

The deadline to file for local offices was Friday, and candidates have until Tuesday to withdraw from the April 2 Anchorage Municipal election.

Two well-known names added themselves to the list: Liz Vazquez has filed to represent District 3 Seat D on the Assembly, and Kai Binkley Sims has filed for School Board Seat A.

Vazquez is a former Alaska legislator and Sims is part of the Binkley family, which owns the Anchorage Daily News.

Candidates for Assembly – 3-year terms

District 2 – Seat A – Eagle River/Chugiak: 

Kennedy, Crystal 

Trotter, Clayton

Schiess, Oliver

District 3-Seat D – West Anchorage:

Vasquez, Liz 

 Darden, Dustin 

Perez-Verdia, Kameron

District 4-Seat F – Midtown Anchorage:

Zaletel, Meg

Hill, Christine

Alleva, Ron

District 5-Seat H – East Anchorage:

Dunbar, Forrest

District 6- Seat J- South Anchorage:

Weddleton, John

Candidates for School Board – 3-year terms

School Board Seat A:

Binkley Sims, Kai

Bellamy, Margo

Smallwood, James

School Board Seat B:

Marsett, Starr 

Hatcher, Paul 

Stafford, Ronald 

Nees, David 

Candidates for Service Area Board of Supervisors, including LRSA (limited road service) Seats: 

Fuller, Deanne – Bear Valley, Seat B

Stoltze, Bill – Chugiak Fire, Seat C

Glover Jr., James – Girdwood Valley, Seat C

Martin, Michele “Shelly” – Glen Alps, Seat C

Marks, Roger – Glen Alps, Seat D

Price, Allen – Lakehill, Seat A

Leary, Collin – Mt. Park/Robin Hill, Seat E

Haywood, Harry – Sect. 6/Campbell Airstrip Rd, Seat D

Trueblood, Ted B. – Sect. 6/Campbell Airstrip Rd, Seat E

Valantas, Robert – Sequoia Estates, Seat C

Wallow, Brian – Skyranch Estates, Seat C

Jorgensen, Lawrence – Talus West, Seat C

Marcy, Ruth A. – Totem, Seat A

Dwiggins, Leon – Upper Grover, Seat C

Pease, David – Upper O’Malley, Seat C

Gerondale, Chad – Upper O’Malley, Seat D

Strand, Paul – Valli Vue, Seat C

WHAT TO KNOW IF YOU’RE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY

Anchorage votes by mail. If you’re new to the Anchorage or if you moved recently, you could miss getting a ballot. The ballots are mailed out 21 days before Election Day. Traditional polling locations are not available.

Residents with questions about Vote by Mail can call the Voter Hotline at 907-243-VOTE(8683), or may email [email protected], or visiting muni.org/elections.

To vote in a Municipal election, you must be registered to vote and your registration must be where you actually live, otherwise you won’t receive a ballot. The deadline for Voter Registration updates for the current election is Sunday, March 3, 2019.

Voter registration information is here.

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