2009 Anchorage mayoral election

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2009 Anchorage mayoral election
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  2006 April 7, 2009 (first round) [1]
May 5, 2009 (runoff) [2]
2012  
Turnout29.67% (first round)
22.35% (runoff)
  Dan Sullivan (mayor) (1).jpg 3x4.svg 3x4.svg
Candidate Dan Sullivan Eric Croft Sheila Selkregg
First-round vote25,26211,4329,473
First-round percentage43.38%19.63%16.27%
Second-round vote31,19428,812
Second-round percentage56.71%43.29%

  Walt Monegan 2007 (1).jpg Matt Claman (3932786742).jpg
Candidate Walt Monegan Matt Claman
First-round vote5,0633,325
First-round percentage8.69%5.71%

2009 Anchorage mayoral runoff election by precinct.svg
Runoff results by precinct:

Mayor before election

Matt Claman (acting)
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Dan Sullivan
Republican

The 2009 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 7 and May 5, 2009, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Since no candidate reached a 45% plurality needed to win outright, the top-two candidates advanced to a runoff. Fifteen candidates competed, with former State Rep. Eric Croft and former Anchorage Assemblyman Dan Sullivan proceeding to the runoff election, which Sullivan won with 57% of the vote. [3]

Contents

Candidates

Results

First round

2009 Anchorage mayoral election (first round) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Dan Sullivan 25,26243.38
Nonpartisan Eric Croft 11,43219.63
Nonpartisan Sheila Selkregg 9,47316.27
Nonpartisan Walt Monegan 5,0638.69
Nonpartisan Matt Claman 3,3255.71
Nonpartisan Paul Honeman 2,6364.53
NonpartisanPaul Kendall1460.25
NonpartisanDominic Lee1440.25
NonpartisanBilly Ray Powers1330.23
NonpartisanPhil Isley1220.21
NonpartisanJacob Seth Kern850.15
NonpartisanBob Lupo830.14
NonpartisanLarry Shooshanian590.10
NonpartisanRichard Wanda520.09
NonpartisanMerica Hlatcu480.08
NonpartisanWrite-ins1700.29
Turnout 58,23329.67

Runoff

2009 Anchorage mayoral election runoff [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Dan Sullivan 31,19456.71+13.33
Nonpartisan Eric Croft 23,81243.29+23.96
Turnout 55,00622.35

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References

  1. 1 2 "Final Results Election Summary Report 2009 Municipality of Anchorage Regular Election April 7, 2009" (PDF). April 18, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. Spack, Kirstin (May 6, 2009). "Sullivan wins runoff election". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  3. Anchorage Daily News Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Final Results 2009 Run Off SOVC by Precinct Percent" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage.

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