The 2003 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 1, 2003, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Mark Begich, who unseated incumbent mayor George Wuerch.
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| Turnout | 34.45% | ||||||||||||||||
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An assembly ordinance and ballot proposition passed in Anchorage in 2003 had lowered the threshold required to avoid a mayoral runoff from 50% of the vote to 45%.[2] Since Begich surpassed this margin, no runoff was necessary.
Candidates
edit- Mark Begich, former Anchorage Assemblyman, 1994 and 2000 mayoral candidate
- Jennifer Citti
- Daniel DeNardo
- David Dunsmore
- Thomas Mark Higgins
- Tom Layne
- Bruce J. Lemke
- Ray Malcolm
- Rick Mystrom, former mayor
- George Wuerch, incumbent mayor
- Richard Zeigler, 1994 mayoral candidate
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Mark Begich | 28,604 | 45.03 | |
| Nonpartisan | George Wuerch (incumbent) | 23,615 | 37.17 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Mystrom | 9,954 | 15.67 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Dunsmore | 488 | 0.77 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jennifer Citti | 195 | 0.31 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Mark Higgins | 144 | 0.23 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Zeigler | 135 | 0.21 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tom Layne | 103 | 0.16 | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel DeNardo | 97 | 0.15 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ray Malcolm | 61 | 0.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bruce J. Lemke | 49 | 0.08 | |
| Write-in | Write-in | 79 | 0.12 | |
| Turnout | 63,524 | 34.45 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b "ELECTION RESULTS REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 1, 2003" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. November 6, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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