In this edition of Alaska’s Political Pipeline, we speak with the candidates for the Anchorage School Board, Seats C and D. We asked all of the candidates the same three questions.
Zac Johnson, a former state pilot, Marine and former state trooper, Rachel Ries, a former medevac pilot and licensed paralegal and Zac Johnson, a business developer, are competing for District 6, Seat K on the Anchorage Assembly.
Voters will decide if they want to update the municipal charter to clarify the timelines and processes for when special elections are held for filling a vacancy in the office of the mayor. It would also restructure what will happen in the event that a mayor can no longer serve.
The race is only separated by four votes, with Republican incumbent Tom McKay leading with 3,472 and Democrat challenger Denny Wells trailing with 3,468.
Former Mayor Virgie Thompson, former Deputy Mayor Lance Wilson, and the city’s treasurer, Sally Schug, all walked away from their positions after unofficial results of the Oct. 4 Regular City Election were announced.
The Special Municipal Election is a little less than a month away. In continuing coverage of all the candidates, on Friday Alaska’s News Source had the opportunity to talk to North Anchorage candidates Rob Forbes and Tasha Hotch.
In this race, some people, including the candidates, feel Stephanie Taylor and Daniel Volland are the two to beat, due to their experience and connection to the community.
The Special Municipal Election for the seat that will add a 12th member to Anchorage Assembly is next month. There are six people are running for the open seat. Alaska’s News Source conducted interviews on Wednesday with two of of the six candidates, Robin Phillips and Cliff Baker.
The Anchorage Assembly voted on Tuesday night to certify the results of the municipality’s April 5 election, and two new members joined the body for their first meeting.
Another round of updated results for the Anchorage municipal election released Friday showed no changes to Anchorage Assembly and Anchorage School Board races or bond proposition outcomes.
Anchorage Assembly members, Anchorage School Board members and board supervisors are on all the ballot for Tuesday’s municipal election. So is a list of bonds involving funding for capital improvement projects.
The two challengers in the District 6 race are trying to prevent the incumbent from getting elected to a third term, as both think the Anchorage Assembly is broken and needs to be fixed.
There are three candidates running in the Anchorage Assembly District 5 race, and the challengers are trying to prevent the incumbent from getting elected to a third term.
Only two people are running for the Anchorage Assembly District 4 Midtown seat. Challenger Kathy Henslee says she has a lot of respect for incumbent Meg Zaletel, but that she feels her solutions for solving problems are poor.
The candidates in the Anchorage Assembly District 3 race said they feel it is time for change and that the incumbent is out of touch with those who elected him to the assembly.
Several people are running in the Anchorage Assembly races this election year. Assembly member Crystal Kennedy is not running for reelection to the District 2 Seat for Eagle River and Chugiak, and three people are running for her her vacant seat.
Alaska Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer discussed a bill that will be introduced in the coming weeks dealing with election security during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
With less than 100 additional ballots added to the tally Friday, Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zaletel still appears to be beating the recall effort against her.
Preliminary, unofficial results of Tuesday's special election show about 61% of ballots counted so far are against recalling Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zaletel.
Residents of Anchorage's District 4 have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to cast their vote in the special election that will decide the question of whether to recall Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zaletel
The Alaska Public Offices Commission has upheld a $38,500 fine against Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson's election campaign for campaign finance violations during the mayoral election.
Anchorage's election center is preparing for the upcoming special election to decide the outcome of an effort to recall Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zaletel. The deadline to register to vote is Sept. 26.
The runoff race for Anchorage mayor is still neck and neck, with updated preliminary results on Wednesday showing candidate Dave Bronson pulling slightly ahead of Forrest Dunbar.
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