The Anchorage Assembly is the governing body of
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring ...
. The Assembly has eleven 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
Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party.
While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of ''partisan'' includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., in most cases, nonpartisan refers sp ...
.
Current composition
All 11 members are elected from districts known as sections. Five of the sections elect two members from designated seats, while the remaining section elects one member.
* : Member elected in a special election
Notable former members
*
Mark Begich
Mark Peter Begich ( ; born March 30, 1962) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Mayor of Anchorage from 2003 to 2009.
Born in An ...
, former U.S. senator and mayor of Anchorage
*
Chris Birch, former member of the
Alaska Legislature
The Alaska 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 are 40 H ...
*
H. A. Boucher, 2nd
lieutenant governor of Alaska
The lieutenant governor of Alaska 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 duties of a secretary of state, and indeed was named suc ...
*
Craig Campbell, 10th lieutenant governor of Alaska
*
Matt Claman
Matthew W. Claman (born 1959) is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. Claman previously served as the acting Mayor of Anchorage after Mark Begich resigned from the position to serve in t ...
, member of the
Alaska House of Representatives
The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people pe ...
and former acting mayor of Anchorage
*
Eric Croft
Eric Chancy Croft (born November 6, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who represented Anchorage's West district on the Anchorage Assembly from 2016 to 2019. From 1997 to 2006, Croft served as a member of the Alaska House of Representa ...
, former member of the Alaska House of Representatives
*
Harriet Drummond
Harriet A. Drummond (born 1952) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives since January 18, 2013 who has represented District 16. She ran to represent District 17 in the Alaska legislature and lost ...
, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
*
Fred Dyson, former member of the Alaska Legislature
*
Elvi Gray-Jackson
Elvira Gray-Jackson (born April 8, 1953) is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate
The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capi ...
, member of the
Alaska Senate
The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska 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 rejecting gu ...
*
Tony Knowles, 7th governor of Alaska and former mayor of Anchorage
*
Anna MacKinnon
Anna MacKinnon (formerly Fairclough; born November 11, 1957) is an American Republican politician who is formerly a member of the Alaska Senate, representing District G from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, she served in the Alaska House of Repre ...
, former member of the Alaska Legislature
*
Kevin Meyer, 14th lieutenant governor of Alaska
*
Pete Petersen, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
*
Austin Quinn-Davidson, acting mayor of Anchorage
*
Lidia Selkregg, Italian-American geologist and professor of regional planning
*
Arliss Sturgulewski, former member of the Alaska Senate
*
Dan Sullivan, former mayor of Anchorage
*
Charles Wohlforth, author and journalist
*
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
{{Alaska-stub