1978 Anchorage mayoral election

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1978 Anchorage mayoral election
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  1975 3 October 1978 (first round)
24 October 1978 (runoff)
1981  
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Candidate George M. Sullivan Dave Rose
First-round vote11,15610,083
First-round percentage34.79%31.44%
Second-round vote16,45813,306
Second-round percentage55.30%44.70%

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Candidate Dick Fischer Harry Donahue
First-round vote5,9202,741
First-round percentage18.46%8.55%

Mayor before election

George M. Sullivan
Republican

Elected Mayor

George M. Sullivan
Republican

The 1978 Anchorage mayoral election was held between 3 October and 24 October 1978 in order to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Incumbent Mayor George M. Sullivan was re-elected after a run-off against Dave Rose.

Contents

General Election

Since no candidate had received 40% of the vote in the first round (which at least one candidate was required to obtain to avoid a runoff), [1] a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.

Results

First round

Results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan George M. Sullivan (incumbent) 11,156 34.79
Nonpartisan Dave Rose 10,083 31.44
Nonpartisan Dick Fischer 5,92018.46
Nonpartisan Harry Donahue 2,7418.55
Nonpartisan Bill Barnes 1,1133.47
Nonpartisan Jimmy Roush 6972.17
Nonpartisan George Bognar 3571.11
Total votes32,067 100.00

Runoff

Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan George M. Sullivan (incumbent) 16,458 55.30
Nonpartisan Dave Rose 13,30644.70
Total votes29,764 100.00

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