2000 Anchorage mayoral election explained

Election Name:2000 Anchorage mayoral election
Flag Image:Flag of Anchorage, Alaska.svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1997 Anchorage mayoral election
Previous Year:1997
Next Election:2003 Anchorage mayoral election
Next Year:2003
Election Date:April 4, 2000 (first round)
May 2, 2000 (runoff)
Turnout:30.94% (first round)
35.63% (runoff)
1Blank:First-round vote
2Blank:First-round percentage
3Blank:Second-round vote
4Blank:Second-round percentage
Candidate1:George Wuerch
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1Data1:12,681
2Data1:20.49%
3Data1:32,167
4Data1:52.49%
Candidate2:Mark Begich
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1Data2:24,920
2Data2:40.26%
3Data2:20,116
4Data2:47.51%
Candidate3:Jack Frost
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1Data3:11,396
2Data3:18.41%
Candidate4:Bob Bell
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1Data4:6,034
2Data4:9.75%
Mayor
Before Election:Rick Mystrom
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:George Wuerch
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 2000 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 4 and May 2, 2000, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of George Wuerch.

Incumbent mayor Rick Mystrom was term-limited.

Proposition 10, passed in 1999, required mayoral candidates to receive 50% of the votes cast in a race to avoid a runoff.[1] [2] Since no candidate had received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.[1]

Results

Runoff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RESULTS REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 4, 2000 . Municipality of Anchorage . November 13, 2019.
  2. Web site: Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152 . Municipality of Anchorage . November 13, 2019 . November 6, 2007.