3 Anchorage School Board members face challengers in upcoming election | #alaska | #politics
The 2024 candidates for Anchorage School Board include, in the top row from left, Pat Higgins (Seat E), Kay Schuster (Seat E) and Angela Frank (Seat F), plus in the bottom row from left, Dora Wilson (Seat F), Carl Jacobs (Seat G) and Chelsea Pohland (Seat G). (Photos courtesy of the candidates) This coverage of […]
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Anchorage mayor, school board election results largely unchanged in Thursday’s updated count
By Anchorage Daily News Updated: 4 hours ago Published: 4 hours ago Ballot envelopes are processed at the MOA Election Center during the regular municipal election on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN) In updated ballot counts posted Thursday for the Anchorage election, races for mayor and school board remained largely unchanged, and […]
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Bronson, LaFrance poised for runoff in Anchorage mayoral election
By Anchorage Daily News Updated: 3 hours ago Published: 5 hours ago Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance and Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson. (Bill Roth / ADN) Anchorage mayoral candidates Dave Bronson and Suzanne LaFrance appear headed to a runoff in preliminary Anchorage municipal election results posted Tuesday. Former Assembly chair LaFrance had 36% of the […]
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Anchorage mayor’s race heads to second round, with Bronson and LaFrance set for May runoff
(Left) Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson campaigns on Election Day, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Right) Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance campaigns on Monday. (Bill Roth / ADN) Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance appeared headed to a runoff election next month after the first round of election results were posted Tuesday. […]
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Can Anchorage’s next mayor get the city’s homeless response out of ‘crisis mode’?
A homeless camp sits on a hillside in Downtown Anchorage on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Whoever wins the Anchorage mayoral election, whether that’s incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson or another of the 10 candidates in the race, will face significant challenges on homelessness. Since Bronson took office in 2021, homelessness policies have […]
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LaFrance far outpaces competitors in first round of campaign fundraising reports for Anchorage mayor’s race
Mayoral candidates 2024. In the first major release of campaign fundraising reports, Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance far outraised her opponents. LaFrance, the former chair of the Anchorage Assembly, reported bringing in $291,819 in contributions from a broad range of small-dollar donations, as well as four-figure chunks from individuals and union groups. The report covered […]
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Anchorage mayor’s race off to an early, expensive, competitive start
Anchorage mayoral candidates in the 2024 election include, clockwise from top left, Chris Tuck, Suzanne LaFrance, Bill Popp and incumbent Dave Bronson. The campaign for Anchorage’s next mayor is off to an exceptionally aggressive and expensive start. Though Mayor Dave Bronson is an incumbent running for a second term, so far, this cycle more closely […]
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