As an internal city review of what went wrong in Tuesday's Anchorage election moves forward, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska is calling for a special counsel to investigate the matter.
ELECTION DAY IN ANCHORAGE
City votes on mayor, School Board, Prop. 5
After watching an intense few weeks of campaigning unfold, Anchorage voters cast ballots today to decide on a gay-rights initiative, pick who should be mayor, choose three School Board members and say yes or no to $91 million in bonds.
Mayoral candidates differ on vision for city
Anchorage snow removal gets political in campaign for mayor
Anchorage Assemblyman Paul Honeman, who is trying to unseat Mayor Dan Sullivan in the April 3 city election, says the city's response to this year's snow overload shows the mayor is a poor manager, more interested in cutting the size of government than providing adequate service.
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Honeman accuses Sullivan of "cronyism" over contract
Assemblyman and mayoral candidatae Paul Honeman accused Mayor Dan Sullivan today of "cronyism" and "wrongdoing" following reports that the city will offer outgoing port director Bill Sheffield a $60,000 consulting contract.
Election of mayor is certified by Assembly
The Anchorage Assembly has certified the May 5 mayoral runoff election, won by Dan Sullivan with 31,194 votes, 56.7 percent of the total.
Transition work begins for mayors
Acting Mayor Matt Claman and soon-to-be-mayor Dan Sullivan held their first transition meeting Friday to begin the two-month process of changing the reins of city government.
Sullivan wins runoff for Anchorage mayor
Anchorage voters sent Dan Sullivan into the mayor's office Tuesday with 57 percent of the vote, and the municipality's seventh elected mayor almost immediately started planning for a transition period that will end when he's sworn in July 1.
Sullivan begins preparations for move into mayor's office
Eight weeks stand between Mayor-elect Dan Sullivan and the job of running Anchorage's multifaceted and financially challenged government and its thousands of workers.
Voters sent Anchorage back to the future Tuesday, electing conservative Dan Sullivan as mayor by a comfortable margin and awarding him a three-year term in an office his father held 30 years ago. With most precincts reporting, Sullivan held a commanding lead over former state legislator Eric Croft in the mayoral runoff, with 57 percent of the vote to Croft's 43 percent.
Candidates for mayor plan last forum today
Eric Croft and Dan Sullivan are scheduled to meet today for the last time before Tuesday's election that will determine Anchorage's next mayor.
Mayoral candidates campaign to the end
The two candidates in the runoff to be Anchorage's next mayor are hitting the homestretch this weekend on what could be a muddy last few days of the campaign.
Tuesday's municipal election in Anchorage involves just one question for voters: Should Dan Sullivan or Eric Croft become mayor on July 1.
Candidates talk about cities, tax exemptions, volunteering
Editor's note: Anchorage mayoral candidates Eric Croft and Dan Sullivan responded to a Daily News/adn.com questionnaire in late February. Here is how they answered some of the questions.
Croft, Sullivan comment on Knik bridge and other projects
Anchorage mayoral candidates Eric Croft and Dan Sullivan responded to a Daily News/adn.com questionnaire in late February. Here is how they answered some of the questions.
Election staff to count last city ballots today
City elections workers plan to finish counting the absentee and questioned ballots from the April 7 municipal election today, according to the municipal clerk.
Selkregg, Claman say city needs Croft's values
Defeated mayoral candidates Sheila Selkregg and Matt Claman endorsed Eric Croft on Thursday in the runoff against Dan Sullivan, saying they share many of Croft's values and plans for the city.
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Sullivan would like to follow in father's footsteps
Dan Sullivan hopes to carry on a family tradition. His father, George, was mayor of Anchorage's old city government for eight years, and for another six was mayor of the new municipality voters created in 1975.
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Core city services are a priority for mayoral candidate Selkregg
Sheila Selkregg likes to tell voters she's been training for her whole life to be their mayor.
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Monegan sees money, energy as looming challenges
Name recognition with voters shouldn't be a problem for Walt Monegan. The former state public safety commissioner spent much of last summer and fall in the headlines, snarled in the Troopergate set-to. Before that, he spent 30-plus years as a local cop.
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Honeman supports seasonal sales tax with conditions
Paul Honeman is the rank-and-file man among the six leading candidates for mayor -- a local cop with two decades of experience enforcing the law on the streets of Anchorage.
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Croft disagrees with Begich on property appeals
Property taxes and city spending are at the heart of most Anchorage elections, and perhaps never more so than this year. Eric Croft's take: Combine some city and School District services so property owners don't have to pay twice, and change the way appeals of property assessments are handled.
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Debates scheduled for mayoral candidates
The city election is a week away, and candidates for Anchorage mayor have a number of debates and deadlines ahead of them.
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Road projects on Arctic Boulevard, Sixth Avenue, Ninth Avenue, 40th Avenue, 76th Avenue, among others; safety projects at Arctic and Tudor, Klatt and C; traffic light work; storm drain work.
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Working as acting mayor cuts both ways for Claman
Matt Claman is the semi-incumbent in the mayor's race, a position he secured through former Mayor Mark Begich's election to the U.S. Senate last fall.
ANCHORAGE RACE FOR MAYOR
Candidate Q&A What would be your dream infrastructure project?
The ADN asked candidates for Anchorage mayor their views on a variety of issues. We're printing their responses between now and the April 7 election.
Candidate Q&A: Rank the issues
Candidate Q&A: Rank the issues
The Daily News asked candidates in the Anchorage mayoral election on April 7 to rank a half dozen city issues from highest importance to lowest importance to them.
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Prop 1: Schools - $69.88 million bond
Build addition to and renew Service High School; extend water and sewer lines to Eagle River High; design plans for Girdwood K-8 school.
Candidate Q&A: Not counting Anchorage, name your 3 favorite cities. Why do you like them?
The ADN asked candidates for Anchorage mayor their views on a variety of issues. We're printing their responses between now and the April 7 election.
The ADN asked candidates for Anchorage mayor their views on a variety of issues. We're printing their responses between now and the April 7 election.
ANCHORAGE MAYOR'S RACE
Candidate Q&A: Should the property-tax exemption for senior citizens be raised? If so, how high?
The ADN asked candidates for Anchorage mayor their views on a variety of issues. We're printing their responses between now and the April 7 election.
Mayoral election results
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