2000 Anchorage mayoral election

2000 Anchorage mayoral election
April 4, 2000 (first round)[1]
May 2, 2000 (runoff)[2]
Turnout30.94% (first round)
35.63% (runoff)
 
Candidate George Wuerch Mark Begich Jack Frost
First-round vote 12,681 24,920 11,396
First-round percentage 20.49% 40.26% 18.41%
Second-round vote 32,167 20,116
Second-round percentage 52.49% 47.51%
 
Candidate Bob Bell
First-round vote 6,034
First-round percentage 9.75%
Mayor before election

Rick Mystrom
Republican

Elected mayor

George Wuerch
Republican

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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.[3][4] Since no candidate had received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.[3]

Results

First round

First round results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mark Begich 24,920 40.26
Nonpartisan George Wuerch 12,681 20.49
Nonpartisan Jack Frost 11,396 18.41
Nonpartisan Bob Bell 6,034 9.75
Nonpartisan Dave Donely 2,744 4.43
Nonpartisan Pete Kott 2,289 3.70
Nonpartisan Theresa Nangle Obermeyer 1,178 1.90
Nonpartisan John Kehr Jr. 90 0.15
Nonpartisan Race G. Jones 74 0.12
Write-in Write-ins 91 0.15
Turnout 61,497 30.94

Runoff

Runoff results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan George Wuerch 32,167 52.49
Nonpartisan Mark Begich 20,116 47.51
Turnout 69,025 35.63

References

  1. ^ a b "OFFICIAL CUMULATIVE WITH A & O REGULAR ELECTION APRIL 04, 2000 MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. April 17, 2000. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE RUN-OFF ELECTION MAY 2, 2000" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "RESULTS REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 4, 2000" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. November 6, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2019.


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