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 |
Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
Popular Vote2: | 23,615 |
Percentage2: | 37.17% |
Candidate3: | Rick Mystrom |
Colour3: | c0c0c0 |
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.