Anchorage mayoral election, 2009

The 2009 Anchorage Mayoral Election was held on April 7, 2009, with a runoff election between the top two candidates occurring on May 5, as no candidate reached a 45% plurality needed to win outright. Fifteen candidates competed for the post, 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.^[1]

Candidates

• Matt Claman - former Anchorage Assembly chairman, acting Mayor since January 2009
• Eric Croft - former Democratic State Representative and 2006 gubernatorial candidate
• Merica Hlatcu
• Paul Honeman
• Phil Isley
• Paul Kendall
• Jacob Seth Kern
• Dominic Lee
• Bob Lupo
• Walt Monegan - former Anchorage police chief and former Public Safety Commissioner
• Billy Ray Powers
• Sheila Selkregg - Anchorage Assemblywoman
• Larry Shooshanian
• Dan Sullivan - former Anchorage Assemblyman
• Richard Wanda

Results

First Round

2009 Anchorage Mayoral election (first round)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Sullivan	25,262	43.38
	Nonpartisan	Eric Croft	11,432	19.63
	Nonpartisan	Sheila Selkregg	9,473	16.27
	Nonpartisan	Walt Monegan	5,063	8.69
	Nonpartisan	Matt Claman	3,325	5.71
	Nonpartisan	Paul Honeman	2,636	4.53
	Nonpartisan	write-ins	170	0.29
	Nonpartisan	Paul Kendall	146	0.25
	Nonpartisan	Dominic Lee	144	0.25
	Nonpartisan	Billy Ray Powers	133	0.23
	Nonpartisan	Phil Isley	122	0.21
	Nonpartisan	Jacob Seth Kern	85	0.15
	Nonpartisan	Bob Lupo	83	0.14
	Nonpartisan	Larry Shooshanian	59	0.10
	Nonpartisan	Richard Wanda	52	0.09
	Nonpartisan	Merica Hlatcu	48	0.08
Turnout			58,233

Runoff

2009 Anchorage Mayoral election (runoff)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Sullivan	31,194	56.71	+13.33
	Nonpartisan	Eric Croft	23,812	43.29	+23.96
Turnout			55,006

References

1. Anchorage Daily News
2. http://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Election%20Results/2009.05.05%20Mayoral%20Runoff%20Cumulative%20and%20Precinct.PDF

See also