I promised to do the work, to stay engaged with constituents and to focus on problems and solutions, not politics, he said on his campaign website. Finally, I would seek to reduce panhandling and illegal camping preventing the homeless from using established resources. Scott Myers is a real estate broker with RE/MAX and president of the Southfork Community Council in Eagle River. The 2021 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 6, 2021, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Shes a long-time community advocate in West Anchorage, where she has resided since 2012. Eleven challengers and four incumbents will vie for five open seats on the Anchorage Assembly this spring. So often, they appear to have an agenda and end goal that will not be thwarted, regardless of information presented and overwhelming numbers in opposition. Peltola and Jackson share almost identical voting records. I would work to clean up our downtown by improving public safety and promoting the tourism industry. What are some strategies the school district should prioritize to help students recover from that period? Taylor has lived in Anchorage for 50 years. I would like to see Anchorage and Chugiak-Eagle River continue to grow together in a very symbiotic relationship, but I think its time for the Chugiak-Eagle River region to separate and become its own community, she said. After watching the quality of life in Anchorage decline dramatically over the last few years, I realized it was time to step out of the boat and declare my candidacy for Assembly, she wrote on her campaign website. Meet the 2023 Candidates for Anchorage Assembly, North Anchorage gained parts of Russian Jack, Wonder Park, Ptarmigan, Fireweed, and Spenard (see, is running for his third and final term. Karen Bronga taught for the Anchorage School District for 20 years and now works part time as a research associate for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Anchorage School District elections. Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage, JBER soldier dies after bear attack during training in Anchorage, Native organizations win $35M grant to bring broadband home, Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Sullivan seeks hearings on lab-leak COVID origin theory, Bronson aims to pay contractor millions for work on nixed homeless shelter, without Assembly approval. Constant ran unopposed for his second term. Arlington, for State Senate in 2014, losing to former Rep. Anna Fairclough. Spencer Moore is an outreach director with Mountain City Church, formerly the Anchorage Baptist Temple. Flynn and Algers own a coffee shop together, and Flynn considers himself a fiscal conservative. What do you see as the most effective strategies to address homelessness in Anchorage going forward? himself a fiscal conservative. Henslee previously ran as a Republican candidate for the Alaska House, District 23, and lost in 2020. I was also very pleased to see him hold an unruly citizen (who was actually in support of him) accountable for their behavior at a recent Assembly meeting. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - There are three candidates running in the Anchorage Assembly District 5 race, and the two challengers are trying to prevent the incumbent from getting elected to a third term. He is a frequent donor to Republican candidates. Chris Constant announced Thursday that he's running for U.S. Congress. She previously covered breaking news at The Oregonian in Portland before joining ADN in 2020. She joins. His spouse, Rachelle Alger, is the Municipalitys Purchasing Director, appointed by Dave Bronson in August of 2021. The Assembly needs eight of 11 votes to override a veto, and currently just two of its members consistently vote in line with the mayor Kennedy and Jamie Allard, also of Eagle River. Constant ran unopposed for his second term. Sulte is an engineer and a pilot. In 2018, he ran as a Democrat for State House in Sand Lake and received 12% of the vote. East Anchorage has two seats on the ballot, one filled for nearly two terms by former Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar. She did not run in the 2021 mayoral election and returned to the Assembly in July, 2021 after Bronson took office. Anchorage Assembly members Forrest Dunbar and Jamie Allard will both likely be heading to Juneau in January, leaving additional seats in East Anchorage and Eagle River vacant. All rights reserved. Alaska's News Source conducted interviews on Wednesday with two of of the six candidates, Robin Phillips and Cliff Baker. He serves on the Kenaitze Indian Tribes education committee and is a member of the board of directors for the National Indian Education Association. His constant runs for office have made him a spoiler candidate. Keliipiki has begun to build a website which appears mostly copied from Arizona Congressional Candidate Alex Stovall, which you can read about here. In the race to represent downtown, incumbent Assembly member Constant is running for a third term, has raised nearly $30,000. Constant first won his seat in an open race in 2017 with 52% of the vote. During the 2021 redistricting cycle, Moore advocated for combining East Anchorage with Eagle River in one senate district, a pairing that was later ruled by a judge to be an unconstitutional gerrymander. According to his. One sitting Assembly member, Crystal Kennedy, will not seek reelection. There, former mayoral candidate and former Alaska Humanities Forum program director George Martinez, who has been campaigning since last spring, has taken in $39,189, with donations from current and former politicos, small-dollar contributions, as well as some from organized labor political action committees. [Earlier coverage: With at least 5 Anchorage Assembly seats up for election, Mayor Bronson and allies set sights on a shakeup]. The math for veto override doesnt change because the charter states its two-thirds. I want a city we can all be proud of one full of beautiful spaces and safe opportunities to move between them where our children can receive an excellent education and where folks can run successful businesses that provide exciting job opportunities to their fellow Alaskans.. All rights reserved. Darden is registered with the pro-secessionist Alaska Independence Party. Rate how the Anchorage School District has handled the pandemic, and why? She previously worked for the Anchorage Police Department in computer forensics and technology and was a business owner of Chinook Computer Services. Quinn-Davidson was appointed Anchorage Mayor in October of 2020 following the effective resignation of former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. Hall is a first-time candidate for elected office. Colbry said that he can bring knowledge to the assembly about the issue surrounding people experiencing homelessness from an inside perspective. Please see the regulation below in bold for minimum hours required. He is currently the chair of the Anchorage Platting Board. Donley is up against Irene Boll, a foster parent who unsuccessfully ran for school board in 2018. He is a frequent attendee and testifier at Assembly meetings, and has been arrested or ejected from the chambers for disruptive behavior several times. As no candidate received at least 45% of the vote in the first round, the two candidates with the highest vote share, Forrest Dunbar and Dave Bronson, advanced to a runoff on May 11. Taylor is a longtime Anchorage resident and has been a stay-at-home mother of her five children for the last 30 years, according to her website. He is also on the board of the Hillside Community Council. Travis Szanto owns Skyworks LLC, a carpentry business. Heres what to know about voting in Anchorages April election. He is the CEO of Family Charity of Alaska. In response, Constant said that another conservative- leaning voice would not impact the dynamic of the current 11-member assembly, which currently has three conservative leaning members with Randy Sulte, Kevin Cross, and Jamie Allard. , Danger didnt raise a single cent in his State House race. It gained parts of the U-Med. Arlington has been a land manager for 30 years, primarily working with oil and gas leases. Some conservative Assembly candidates have been working together as their campaigns attempt to flip the Assembly seats. It has been a recent precedent for the Assembly to appoint someone to the temporary seat who is not currently running for the elected term. (Loren Holmes / ADN). He previously ran unsuccessful campaigns for Assembly and state Legislature, to represent West Anchorage, before parts of the neighborhood were redistricted to North Anchorage. Flynn is a small business owner with a background in real estate. What is the most important problem facing Anchorage? Cross mission statement is to be the best part of someones day every day and looks forward to serving the people of the Chugiak-Eagle River community as their next District 2 assembly member. What are your specific suggestions for improvement? Dunbar, the current Assembly member for Seat H, is seeking a third term. Midtown lost parts of Dimond, Airport Heights, and Fireweed. One of his challengers, John Trueblood, has reported raising $100, which he gave himself in cash. Weddleton is the incumbent Assembly member for Seat J and is seeking a third term. Weddleton is the current incumbent for the South Anchorage seat. Danger is a previous candidate for the Assembly seat, losing in 2020 to member Austin Quinn-Davidson with 3,524 votes. Darden is well-known as a routine disruptor at Assembly meetings and for advocating that Anchorage remove the fluoride from the citys water supply. All rights reserved. That could have major implications for the citys legislative branch, which now has had a majority decisive enough to regularly override vetoes by Mayor Dave Bronson on contentious issues and push investigations into the administration. While the results of some races are pretty well settled, others will need to be ranked before we know who will go to Juneau. The past two years have been marked by increased civic discord in Anchorage. Sulte says he is running to bring balance back to a deeply polarized Assembly, according to his website. 12 . Explain. Hot Topics . Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage, Sami Graham resigns as Anchorage Mayor Bronsons chief of staff, Anchorage School District and teachers union reach tentative contract agreement, Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Sullivan seeks hearings on lab-leak COVID origin theory, Bronson aims to pay contractor millions for work on nixed homeless shelter, without Assembly approval. Zac Johnson is a former U.S. Marine and Alaska State Trooper. Danger is a former union operating engineer. Rachel Ries is a former pilot and unsuccessfully ran for Anchorage School Board last year. He has been ejected from the chambers for disruptive behavior and was recently arrested during an Assembly meeting. Darden is well-known as a routine, at Assembly meetings and for advocating that Anchorage remove the, from the citys water supply. Voters will also decide who fills two seats on the Anchorage School Board. This is my community and I plan to continue my service as an advocate for all of us. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) And for a Midtown Anchorage Assembly seat, incumbent Meg Zaletel has a lead with 54% of the vote over Kathy Henslee's 46%. That same year, she ran and lost for State House against now-State Sen. James Kaufman. Quinn-Davidson was appointed Anchorage Mayor in October of 2020 following the effective resignation of former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. During my time in office that is exactly what I have done. Alaska Public Media 2022. M A Parent-Teacher Conference Day that is Meeting minimum hours required for a day in-session. Zachary Johnson is a former pilot with the Alaska State Troopers. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. In 2020, voters approved a charter amendment to add a 12th seat to the assembly. Trueblood is a project manager with Steelhead Communications, a telecommunications company. 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