The Anchorage Assembly is the governing body of
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the List of cities in Alaska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of ...
. The Assembly has twelve members elected to three-year terms from six districts. It is responsible for creating and approving the city's annual budget, appropriating municipal funding, and managing elections. Seats in the Assembly are officially
nonpartisan Nonpartisan or non-partisan may refer to:
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* Nonpartisanship, also known as Nonpartisanism, co-operation without reference to political parties
* Non-partisan democracy, an election with no official recognition ...
.
Current composition
All 12 members are elected from geographic districts. All districts elect two members from designated area.
* : Member elected in a special election
Notable former members
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Mark Begich
Mark Peter Begich ( ; born March 30, 1962) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he ...
, former U.S. senator and mayor of Anchorage
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Chris Birch, former member of the
Alaska Legislature
The Alaska State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There a ...
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H. A. Boucher, 2nd
lieutenant governor of Alaska
The lieutenant governor of Alaska ( Iñupiaq: ''Alaskam Kavanaata Ikayuqtiksrautaa'') is the deputy elected official to the governor of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unlike most lieutenant governors in the U.S., the office also maintains the dut ...
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Craig Campbell, 10th lieutenant governor of Alaska
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Matt Claman
Matthew W. Claman (born 1959) is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023, representing West Anchorage. Claman previously served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2015 until 202 ...
, member of the
Alaska Senate
The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or reje ...
and former acting mayor of Anchorage
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Eric Croft, former member of the Alaska House of Representatives
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Harriet Drummond, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
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Forrest Dunbar, member of the Alaska Senate
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Fred Dyson, former member of the Alaska Legislature
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Elvi Gray-Jackson, member of the Alaska Senate
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Tony Knowles, 7th governor of Alaska and former mayor of Anchorage
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Suzanne LaFrance, Mayor of Anchorage
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Anna MacKinnon, former member of the Alaska Legislature
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Kevin Meyer, 14th lieutenant governor of Alaska
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Pete Petersen, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
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Austin Quinn-Davidson, acting mayor of Anchorage
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Lidia Selkregg, Italian-American geologist and professor of regional planning
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Arliss Sturgulewski, former member of the Alaska Senate
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Dan Sullivan, former mayor of Anchorage
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Charles Wohlforth, author and journalist
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George Wuerch, former mayor of Anchorage
References
External links
List of previous Assembly members
Government of Anchorage, Alaska
Government agencies with year of establishment missing
Local government in Alaska
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