2024 Anchorage Mayoral Election
The 2024 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 2, 2024, with a runoff election on May 14 because no candidate received more than 45% of the vote in the first round. It elected the mayor of Anchorage, mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Incumbent Alaska Republican Party, Republican mayor Dave Bronson ran for re-election to a second term in office. Bronson and former Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance advanced to the runoff, with LaFrance narrowly placing ahead of Bronson. Bronson's general election vote total was the lowest for an incumbent Anchorage mayor since 2009 Anchorage mayoral election, 2009. Candidates eliminated in the general election include nonprofit executive Bill Popp and former Alaska House Majority Leader Chris Tuck. Popp endorsed LaFrance in the runoff, while Tuck remained neutral. LaFrance prevailed in the runoff, becoming the first woman elected mayor of Anchorage. Bronson is only the second mayor of Anchorage to lose re-election since it became a List o ...
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Suzanne LaFrance
Suzanne LaFrance (born 1968) is an American politician from the U.S. state, state of Alaska. She is the mayor of Anchorage, having unseated incumbent mayor Dave Bronson in the 2024 Anchorage mayoral election, 2024 election. LaFrance served on the Anchorage Assembly from 2017 to 2023. She ran for the Alaska House of Representatives against James D. Kaufman for the 28th district in 2020, but lost. In 2024, LaFrance ran for mayor of Anchorage against Dave Bronson, the incumbent mayor. LaFrance defeated Bronson. She was sworn into office on July 1. References

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