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This is a list of mayors of Anchorage,
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Anchorage Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolita ...
was incorporated as a
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on November 23, 1920. The Greater Anchorage Area
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, which encompassed the city, was created in January 1964. The two were merged in a unified government called the
Municipality of Anchorage A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the gov ...
on September 15, 1975. Under the current mayoral system, the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage is elected in a non-partisan election to a three-year term and they are limited to two terms in office.


List of mayors


City of Anchorage


Greater Anchorage Area Borough


Municipality of Anchorage


See also

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History of Anchorage, Alaska After congress approved the completion of the Alaska Railroad from Seward to Fairbanks in 1914, it was decided that a new town should be built as a port and rail hub along the route. The decision was made to develop a site near Ship Creek on Cook ...
* Timeline of Anchorage, Alaska


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Honor Roll of Anchorage Mayors
{{Mayors of Anchorage
Anchorage Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolita ...