2003 Anchorage mayoral election explained

Election Name:2003 Anchorage mayoral election
Flag Image:Flag of Anchorage, Alaska.svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2000 Anchorage mayoral election
Previous Year:2000
Next Election:2006 Anchorage mayoral election
Next Year:2006
Election Date:April 1, 2003
Turnout:34.45%
1Blank:First-round vote
2Blank:First-round percentage
3Blank:Second-round vote
4Blank:Second-round percentage
Candidate1:Mark Begich
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Popular Vote1:28,604
Percentage1:45.03%
Candidate2:George Wuerch
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Popular Vote2:23,615
Percentage2:37.17%
Candidate3:Rick Mystrom
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Popular Vote3:9,954
Percentage3:15.67%
Mayor
Before Election:George Wuerch
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Mark Begich
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2003 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 1, 2003, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Mark Begich, who unseated incumbent mayor George Wuerch.

An assembly ordinance and ballot proposition passed in Anchorage in 2003 had lowered the threshold required to avoid a mayoral runoff from 50% of the vote to 45%.[1] Since Begich surpassed this margin, no runoff was necessary.

Candidates

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152 . Municipality of Anchorage . November 13, 2019 . November 6, 2007.