City Election

Sullivan, 5 others are in the running for Anchorage mayor

Mayor Dan Sullivan, East Anchorage Assemblyman Paul Honeman and four others signed up to run for mayor before the 5 p.m. Friday filing deadline for Anchorage's municipal election, the city clerk's office reported.

Municipality puts out a call for hundreds of election workers

Anchorage Deputy Clerk Jacqueline Duke, facing an April 3 election, says cities across the nation face a shortage of election workers and Anchorage, with 119 polling places, is among them. She's offering $9.50 an hour to fill 650 vacancies.

School Board candidate ordered to pay campaign fine

The Alaska Public Offices Commission has ordered former Anchorage School Board candidate Bob Griffin to pay a $5,700 fine for campaign disclosure violations.

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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.

Assemblyman Honeman announces run for mayor

Paul Honeman, a former police officer who represents East Anchorage on the Assembly, made his expected run for mayor official Wednesday with a press conference at Northway Mall.

Anti-discrimination law is in spotlight once again

A new campaign has begun in the decades-long battle over adding Anchorage's gay and transgender residents to the city's anti-discrimination law.

Coverage of the 2009 effort to pass ordinance

Honeman thinking of mayor's office

Assemblyman Paul Honeman sent out a news release late Wednesday saying he is considering a run for mayor in the April 2012 city election. He filed a letter of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission in July. Such a letter is required before a candidate can spend or receive campaign money.

Final vote count confirms city election results

The final absentee and questioned votes were counted for the April 5 city election Friday, and the winners and losers stayed the same.

PDF: Final results

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Final Anchorage election ballots being counted today

The city is counting the final absentee and questioned ballots from the April 5 election. The School Board race between incumbent Pat Higgins and challenger Bob Griffin could be affected.

2011 ANCHORAGE CITY ELECTION

Polls close, ballot counting begins

The time to cast ballots for the 2011 city election has passed and now ballot counters are busy deciding who will take office in the Anchorage Assembly and School Board, and what bonds made the cut. Check adn.com throughout the night for live updated results.

2011 Municipal election results

Photos: Election Day (April 5, 2011)

On election night, a do-it-yourself Election Central

Map: Anchorage sample ballots (Muni.org)

More election coverage

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On election night, a do-it-yourself Election Central

To save money, the city of Anchorage decided to not set up an Election Central Tuesday night for people to gather to watch returns come in. But thanks to an Arkansas transplant, there will be an unofficial version.

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$37 million sought for Service High remodel

For Service High School, a lot rides on the April 5 city election in Anchorage. The top proposition on the ballot, at $37.2 million, is for the money the school district says it needs to complete a $68.4 million renovation of the south-side high school.

Information about school bonds

PDF: Municipal election information

Voters could take police officers off meter duty

City and school bond propositions on Tuesday'selection ballot

Rundown of city and school bond propositions on Tuesday's Anchorage election ballot

Voters could take police officers off meter duty

In one corner are arrayed downtown merchants, some civic leaders and a $41,000 kitty. In the opposite corner: a tired, retired parking fairy.

Group wants to oust three liberal Assembly members

With less than a week before the Anchorage city election, a new conservative group financed by developers and commercial real estate owners is pouring money into ads against three liberal Assembly incumbents who are at odds with Mayor Dan Sullivan.

School Board candidates talk

Candidates for the April 5 Anchorage School Board election will appear tonight on KSKA public radio 91.1 and KAKM public television, Channel 7.

Seven jockey for two School Board seats

As the April 5 city election approaches, Anchorage School Board candidates are engaging in a sometimes lively discussion of questions such as: Are we overbuilding schools? Are administrative costs over the top?

School Board Seat C candidates answer questions

School Board Seat D candidates answer questions

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Progressive trio way ahead in city election fundraising

Anchorage Assembly members Elvi Gray-Jackson and Harriet Drummond are way out front in raising money to retain their seats, with $90,478 for Gray-Jackson in Midtown and $54,710 for Drummond in West Anchorage.

Absentee voting starts March 21

Absentee voting for Anchorage's April 5 municipal election starts on March 21, the city clerk's office said.

Assembly candidate Bauer says Sullivan owes him support

Tweets, e-mails, a website -- Paul Bauer is running a campaign in East Anchorage, but so far, it appears to be a campaign against Mayor Dan Sullivan as much as it is a battle for the Assembly seat in that part of town.

2011 ANCHORAGE CITY ELECTIONS

28 candidates meet deadline for Assembly, School Board seats

Twenty-eight candidates filed for Anchorage Assembly and School Board seats before the filing period closed at 5 p.m. Friday.