Anchorage City Election 2024
Anchorage's regular municipal election was held Tuesday, April 2. On the ballot this year were the office of mayor, three school board seats and nine bonds and propositions. The mayor's race is now heading to a runoff election, with runoff ballots mailed April 30 and the last day of voting on May 14.

Ballots must be postmarked on or before election day, or voters may drop them off at a secure drop box or cast votes in-person at select locations.

MAYORAL RUNOFF

Anchorage mayoral runoff election: Q&As with Dave Bronson and Suzanne LaFrance

Anchorage mayoral runoff election: Q&As with Dave Bronson and Suzanne LaFrance

Here’s what the candidates had to say about their priorities and many of the issues Anchorage voters said they care about most.

Anchorage Daily News

WATCH: Hear from Bronson and LaFrance in livestreamed Anchorage mayoral runoff debate

Anchorage Daily News
Incumbent Bronson takes aim at ‘single-party rule’ and Assembly in Anchorage mayoral runoff against LaFrance

Incumbent Bronson takes aim at ‘single-party rule’ and Assembly in Anchorage mayoral runoff against LaFrance

Emily Goodykoontz
How to return your ballots in the mayoral runoff election

How to return your ballots in the mayoral runoff election

Anchorage Daily News

Key runoff dates


• April 30: Mayoral runoff ballots are mailed to Anchorage voters, and secure drop box locations are available for returning completed ballots.

• May 7: Anchorage Vote Centers open for in-person voting.

• May 14: Last day to vote in the mayoral runoff election. Mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before May 14, and drop boxes and in-person voting will be available.

Find drop boxes and in-person voting centers

REGULAR ELECTION RESULTS

Bronson and LaFrance gear up for a runoff in Anchorage mayor's race

Bronson and LaFrance gear up for a runoff in Anchorage mayor's race

With only weeks to sway voters, both the Bronson and the LaFrance campaigns are anticipating a competitive and expensive contest.

Zachariah Hughes, Emily Goodykoontz
Incumbents defeat challengers in Anchorage School Board races

Incumbents defeat challengers in Anchorage School Board races

Annie Berman
Voters approve all propositions except bathroom and cemetery bonds

Voters approve all propositions except bathroom and cemetery bonds

Emily Goodykoontz

VOTER RESOURCES

Q&As with candidates for Anchorage mayor and school board

Compare where the candidates stand on some of the issues Anchorage voters said they care about most.

Mayor

Candidates: Dave Bronson, Darin Colbry, Breck Craig, Dustin Darden, Nick Danger, Jenny Di Grappa, Phil Isley, Suzanne LaFrance, Bill Popp, Chris Tuck

School Board

Candidates: Pat Higgins, Kay Schuster, Angela Frank, Dora Wilson, Carl Jacobs, Chelsea Pohland

What's on the ballot?

Key election dates


• April 2: Regular election day. Mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before April 2. Drop boxes and in-person voting will be available until 8 p.m.

Find drop boxes and in-person voting centers

TOP OF THE BALLOT

Anchorage mayor's race: After a tumultuous few years, candidates pitch different paths forward

Dave Bronson’s top opponents — Suzanne LaFrance, Chris Tuck and Bill Popp — say they’ll put an end to conflict between the Assembly and the mayor’s office. Bronson says his reelection is necessary to keep balance in city government and put a check on the Assembly’s power.

Emily Goodykoontz

Anchorage School Board races: 3 incumbents face challengers as hurdles loom ahead for district

The election comes at a time when the district faces significant challenges, and pits incumbents against candidates who say they want to see fundamental changes to how the board operates.

Annie Berman

A guide to the 9 bonds and propositions on the ballot in the city election

From trail access to elementary school improvements, from public restrooms to new cemeteries, here’s what propositions and bonds Anchorage voters will decide in the 2024 municipal election.

Emily Goodykoontz
What questions do you have about the election? Let us know.

LATEST ELECTION COVERAGE

LaFrance winning Anchorage mayor’s race as additional ballots counted Friday

LaFrance was leading Bronson by 5,487 votes in the latest round of preliminary election results.

By Anchorage Daily News●

Anchorage election results unchanged Thursday, with LaFrance maintaining lead over Bronson

Election officials had tallied 11,311 more ballots since Wednesday, for a total of 71,097 ballots counted so far.

By Emily Goodykoontz●

LaFrance and allies ‘confident’ in her lead over Bronson following Wednesday vote count in Anchorage mayoral election

Election officials had received and sorted a total of 70,401 ballot packages as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

By Zachariah Hughes and Emily Goodykoontz●

LaFrance leads Bronson in Anchorage mayoral runoff

Former Assembly chair LaFrance received 55% of the vote and had a 10-point lead over Mayor Bronson in early results posted Tuesday.

By Emily Goodykoontz and Zachariah Hughes●

Ballot returns in Anchorage mayoral runoff are on pace with recent elections

Tuesday is the last day to send in ballots or vote in person. Preliminary results are expected after 8 p.m.

By Emily Goodykoontz and Zachariah Hughes●

Anchorage’s mayoral runoff election will come down to turnout

Both the Bronson and LaFrance campaigns are trying to lure the roughly 28% of Anchorage voters who voted for one of the other eight candidates in the April regular election.

By Zachariah Hughes●

Anchorage’s mayoral runoff election ends Tuesday. Here’s how to return your ballot.

As of Thursday evening, more than 35,500 ballots had already arrived at the Anchorage election center.

By Emily Goodykoontz●

LaFrance outraises Bronson in final leg of Anchorage mayor’s race with both spending massively

LaFrance brought in more donations from individual donors, and is spending down those funds more aggressively than Bronson’s campaign is, as the May 14 deadline to vote approaches.

By Zachariah Hughes●

Anchorage woman accused of vandalizing over 30 campaign signs faces felony charge

The charges stem from a March incident involving campaign signs for incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson. It’s part of what candidates say is a general uptick in damage to their election signs.

By Zachariah Hughes●

Incumbent Bronson takes aim at ‘single-party rule’ and Assembly in Anchorage mayoral runoff against LaFrance

Incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson is attempting to sway voters by leaning into Suzanne LaFrance’s association with the Assembly.

By Emily Goodykoontz●

In Anchorage’s mayoral runoff, most independent expenditure group money is boosting just one candidate

Former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance has a sizable advantage in the amount of money being spent by independent expenditure groups in support of her mayoral candidacy.

By Zachariah Hughes●

WATCH: Hear from Bronson and LaFrance in livestreamed Anchorage mayoral runoff debate

Alaska Public Media and the Anchorage Daily News are co-hosting a mayoral runoff debate between Suzanne LaFrance and Dave Bronson. The last day to vote in the runoff election is Tuesday, May 14.

By Anchorage Daily News●
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