2003 Anchorage mayoral election

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2003 Anchorage mayoral election
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  2000 April 1, 2003 [1] 2006  
Turnout34.45%
  Mark Begich, official Senate photo portrait, 2009 (1).jpg George Wuerch 2003 (1).jpeg 3x4.svg
Candidate Mark Begich George Wuerch Rick Mystrom
Popular vote28,60423,6159,954
Percentage45.03%37.17%15.67%

Mayor before election

George Wuerch
Republican

Elected mayor

Mark Begich
Democratic

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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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. Wuerch was the first, and until 2024 only, mayor of Anchorage to lose re-election since it became a borough in 1975.

Candidates

Results

Results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Mark Begich 28,604 45.03
Nonpartisan George Wuerch (incumbent)23,61537.17
Nonpartisan Richard Mystrom 9,95415.67
NonpartisanDavid Dunsmore4880.77
NonpartisanJennifer Citti1950.31
NonpartisanThomas Mark Higgins1440.23
NonpartisanRichard Zeigler1350.21
NonpartisanTom Layne1030.16
NonpartisanDaniel DeNardo970.15
NonpartisanRay Malcolm610.1
NonpartisanBruce J. Lemke490.08
Write-inWrite-in790.12
Turnout 63,52434.45

References

  1. 1 2 "ELECTION RESULTS REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 1, 2003" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. "Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. November 6, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2019.