The 2009 Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

 Mayoral Election was held on April 7, 2009, with a runoff election between the top two candidates occurring on May 5, as no candidate reached a 45% plurality needed to win outright. Fifteen candidates competed for the post, with former State Rep. Eric Croft and former Anchorage Assemblyman Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan (Alaska)

Daniel A. "Dan" Sullivan is the incumbent Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, the state's largest city. He is a member of the Republican Party and the son of Anchorage's longest-serving mayor, George M. Sullivan. Prior to being elected mayor, he served the maximum of three consecutive terms on the...

 proceeding to the runoff election, which Sullivan won with 57% of the vote.

Candidates

• Matt Claman
  Matt Claman
  Matthew W. Claman is a former member of the Anchorage Assembly. In this position, he served as acting mayor of Anchorage, Alaska for the first half of 2009. He succeeded Mark Begich, who was elected to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate in the 2008 general election...
  
   - former Anchorage Assembly chairman, acting Mayor since January 2009
• Eric Croft
  Eric Croft
  Eric Croft was a Democratic State Representative from Anchorage, Alaska and was a candidate in the August 2006 Democratic gubernatorial primary election in Alaska...
  
   - former Democratic State Representative and 2006 gubernatorial candidate
• Merica Hlatcu
• Paul Honeman
• Phil Isley
• Paul Kendall
• Jacob Seth Kern
• Dominic Lee
• Bob Lupo
• Walt Monegan
  Walt Monegan
  Walter Carleton "Walt" Monegan, III is the former Police Chief of Anchorage, Alaska and Public Safety Commissioner of Alaska. His dismissal in July 2008 by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin drew considerable attention, particularly after Palin's selection as the Vice-Presidential nominee for the...
  
   - former Anchorage police chief and former Public Safety Commissioner
• Billy Ray Powers
• Sheila Selkregg - Anchorage Assemblywoman
• Larry Shooshanian
• Dan Sullivan - former Anchorage Assemblyman
• Richard Wanda

First Round

Runoff