The 2024 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 2, 2024, with a

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on May 14 because no candidate received more than 45% of the vote in the first round. It elected the

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. Incumbent Republican mayor Dave Bronson ran for re-election to a second term in office. Bronson and former

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chair

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advanced to the runoff, with LaFrance narrowly placing ahead of Bronson. Bronson's general election vote total was the lowest for an incumbent Anchorage mayor since

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. Candidates eliminated in the general election include nonprofit executive Bill Popp and former Alaska House Majority Leader Chris Tuck. Popp endorsed LaFrance in the runoff, while Tuck remained neutral. LaFrance prevailed in the runoff, becoming the first woman elected mayor of Anchorage. Bronson is only the second mayor of Anchorage to lose re-election since it became a

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in 1975.

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

* Dave Bronson, incumbent mayor (party affiliation: Republican) *

, former chair of the

(party affiliation: Independent)

Eliminated in general election

*Darin Colbry, truck driver and perennial candidate (party affiliation: Republican) *Breck Craig, technology project manager, candidate for U.S. Senate in

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, and candidate for U.S. House in

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(party affiliation: Independent) *Nick Danger, former Girdwood supervisor, former WWF wrestler, and perennial candidate (party affiliation: Republican) *Dustin Darden, maintenance worker and perennial candidate (party affiliation: Alaskan Independence) *Jenny Di Grapa, food bank community relations director *Phil Isley, aircraft mechanic and perennial candidate *Bill Popp, nonprofit executive and former

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assemblyman (party affiliation: Independent) ''(endorsed LaFrance in runoff)'' * Chris Tuck, former Majority Leader of the

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and former Anchorage school board member (party affiliation: Democratic) ''(declined to endorse in runoff)''

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Runoff

Results

Notes

References

External links

Official campaign websites
Dave Bronson (R) for Mayor

Suzanne LaFrance (I) for Mayor
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