It looks like it will be three liberals against one conservative running for mayor of Anchorage in 2024 — at least so far.
Bill Popp, the executive director of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, gave a swan song presentation at the Dena’ina Convention Center on Wednesday, as he had last month announced he will be leaving AEDC.
After the luncheon he was overheard telling people he was running for mayor of Anchorage.
Others in the community have said they’ve been contacted by Popp’s team to pledge money for his campaign, but Popp has not filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission and is not expected to announce officially until September.
Already announced as candidates and filed with APOC are Democrats Suzanne LaFrance, Chris Tuck, and Republican Mayor Dave Bronson.
Alaska Pollster Ivan Moore published results of one of his recent surveys on Wednesday, which had the following outcome:
- Dave Bronson, 33%
- Suzanne LaFrance 20%
- Chris Tuck 13%
- Bill Falsey 9%
- Bill Popp 8%
- Undecided 16%
Moore said, “As it stands right now, it would likely go to a runoff between Bronson and LaFrance. We don’t have data on that head-to-head, but given that Bronson’s positive-negative rating in this same [likely voter] sample is 30-56… Likely winner – Suzanne LaFrance.” His poll went to 555 likely voters with a margin of error of about 4.2%.
