Photos: 2015 Anchorage Election Night

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Amy Demboski, with her family, talks to Channel 2 news at election central on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Amy Demboski is running for the mayor of Anchorage.

With more than 97 percent of the vote counted in the Anchorage municipal election late Tuesday night, Ethan Berkowitz held a commanding lead in the race to become Anchorage's next mayor, with nearly 37 percent of the vote, but was shy of the 45 percent he would need to avoid a runoff.

Amy Demboski held almost a 3-point lead for the second-place spot and the other runoff position over Andrew Halcro. She had more than 24 percent; he was close to 22 percent. Former two-term Anchorage Assemblyman Dan Coffey, initially the frontrunner in the mayor's race, was in fourth place with 14 percent of the vote.

Meanwhile, a $59.3 million school bond package was headed for approval, with 52 percent of voters backing it, with nearly all votes counted.

And in the races for Anchorage School Board seats, a pair of incumbents seemed poised to win reelection, with a third race too close to call.