13 . . (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media . Rivera is running for his third term, and has served on the Assembly since 2017. It gained parts of Spenard and Arctic (see article). A few of her top issues are: prioritizing public safety, building a strong future and promoting fiscal responsibility. It was renamed the North Anchorage district. Im running for re-election so that I can keep working for the people of East Anchorage, Dunbar said in an emailed statement. The election will be held on April 5, 2022. Election workers organize ballot envelopes before they are placed in a mail sorting machine on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at the Municipality of Anchorage election center. Ballots will be mailed on March 14. M A Parent-Teacher Conference Day that is Meeting minimum hours required for a day in-session. He serves as the Alaska representative for the REALTOR Political Action Committee (RPAC). His constant runs for office have made him a spoiler candidate. But races for seats in West Anchorage and South Anchorage are competitive in terms of political spending, with the candidates running roughly neck-and-neck in both instances. The Anchorage Assembly has lost its way and forgotten who they are there to serve; their constituents and not each other. He has been removed from assembly chambers several times for creating disturbances. She joins. In 2018, he ran as a Democrat for State House in Sand Lake and received 12% of the vote. There are also several bond measures, including one that would place a $22 million bond for school facility improvements on Aprils ballot. The 2021 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 6, 2021, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Felix Rivera and Christopher Constant will both be running for re-election. This Q&A is part of a broader candidate survey by the Anchorage Daily News. Rachel Ries filed on Monday for the South Anchorage seat held by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance. (Bill Roth / ADN). Hes married to Bronson administration purchasing director Rachelle Alger. Anchorage School District elections. Perez-Verdia is the incumbent for Seat D representing West Anchorage. Two-thirds of 11 and two-thirds of 12 are the same number, its eight, Constant said. No other donations are filed on his most recent APOC disclosure. She is a founder of ASD60, a parent organization and advocacy group that started a pilot program in the school district to increase physical activity and time for eating. Homelessness advocate Roger Branson and Cody Anderson, an executive with Anchorage Baptist Temple, had both initially filed, but withdrew their names from consideration before the Tuesday night deadline. Hall previously worked as a shipfitter. Most recently, she worked with a broad coalition on a comprehensive rewrite of Alaskas alcohol statutes. In West Anchorage, candidate Brian Flynn has raised more money in the race to take over the seat currently held by Austin Quinn-Davidson, who is not seeking reelection. If I could change one thing in the Anchorage School District, it would be _____. LaFrance, a registered nonpartisan, won reelection in 2020 by fewer than 400 votes. The last day for residents to register to vote is May 22. Williams ran for an Anchorage School Board seat last year and lost. Colbry ran for mayor in last years election and lost with 31 votes. John Trueblood is a project manager at Steelhead Communications, a telecommunications company. Whats your assessment of Anchorages transportation infrastructure? I am excited for the opportunity to step up and work for my community, Brawley said in announcing her candidacy last week. Whats the single most important issue facing the Anchorage School District? Editors note: Mikel Insalaco is a former employee of Alaska Public Media. Reach him at wearly@alaskapublic.org. Weddleton is the current incumbent for the South Anchorage seat. Scott Myers is a real estate broker with RE/MAX and president of the Southfork Community Council in Eagle River. He is a frequent donor to Republican candidates. Dayton Keliikipi has filed to represent Midtown. School board seats are elected at-large, so voters across the city will vote for each seat. The special election is not an at-large election, and only applies to voters who live in North Anchorage. I ran for office on a platform of putting people before politics. Running against him is Spencer Moore, outreach director at Mountain City Church, formerly known as Anchorage Baptist Temple. On top of the incumbents, there are a total of 10 other candidates who filed to run for one of the five open seats on the assembly in this springs municipal election. Anchorage will vote on $45.6 million in city bond packages and a $111 million school district bond proposal. Martinez, a registered nonpartisan, was a plaintiff in the Alaska Supreme Court case striking down the illegal pairing of East Anchorage and Eagle River in the redistricting process. She previously worked for the Anchorage Police Department in computer forensics and technology and was a business owner of Chinook Computer Services. Disclosure: Robert Hockema is working for the Anna Brawley for Anchorage Assembly campaign. Therefore, Taylor now lives in the newly created district. District 2 - Seat A - Eagle River/Chugiak. The mission of The Current is to publish a broad range of newsworthy and thought-provoking content, all which is interesting and constructive. In January 2023, with the question of Feinstein's re-election decision still up in the air, Democratic U.S. Representative Katie Porter announced she would run for Senate. The Alaska Current is a collective of journalists, creatives and content creators. What are your specific suggestions for improvement? 12 . According to APOC, his only political donation on record is to Stephanie Taylor, a conservative backed by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and the Mountain City Church (formerly known as the Anchorage Baptist Temple), who ran against now-State Sen. Forrest Dunbar for his Eastside Assembly seat. Johnson is also a volunteer firefighter/EMT with Girdwood Volunteer Fire & Rescue. One candidate, Nick Danger, had filed to run in the election for District 3, but told Alaskas News Source on Monday that he has dropped out of the race. Wehmhoff is a longtime resident of the Eagle River-Chugiak area, and briefly served as a member of the assembly member before, filling a vacancy in 2018-19 by former member and current Municipal Manager Amy Demboski. Do you have areas of concern about student achievement in the Anchorage School District? Jamie Allard was elected to the state House in November. Williams frequently attends and testifies as assembly meetings. I would look to capitalize on Anchorage International Airports global draw in freight and passengers air travel, as well as look to the future of a potential northwest passage through the Arctic where Anchorage could play a significant role. So often, they appear to have an agenda and end goal that will not be thwarted, regardless of information presented and overwhelming numbers in opposition. Karen Bronga filed on Sunday to run for the East Anchorage seat that will be vacated by Forrest Dunbar. Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage, Officials warn against moose-pet encounters on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Sullivan seeks hearings on lab-leak COVID origin theory, Bronson aims to pay contractor millions for work on nixed homeless shelter, without Assembly approval. Mar 16, 2022 We get tons of calls asking who are the conservative candidates running for School Board and The Anchorage Assembly, here they are.. School Board Seat A - Mark Anthony Cox School Board Seat B - Rachel Ries Assembly Seat 2-A Eagle River/Chugiak - Kevin Cross Assembly Seat 3-D - Liz Vazquez Assembly Seat 4-F - Kathy Henslee THE ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLY RESOLVES: 17 . The balance of political power in the upcoming April 5, 2022 loss of of! Dunbar, the current Assembly member for Seat H, is seeking a third term. Published: Mar. , he will be competing in a district that is roughly 50% different from his previous one. Given the political composition of the district, South Anchorage is seen as highly competitive. He is a private pilot and works as the chief operating officer of Kakivik Asset Management and CCI Industrial, according to his website. Bellamy is currently school board president. Elections 2022 See also: City elections in Anchorage, Alaska (2022) General election General election for Anchorage Assembly District 3 Seat D [Earlier coverage: With at least 5 Anchorage Assembly seats up for election, Mayor Bronson and allies set sights on a shakeup]. I support looking across the U.S. to copy successful strategies from proven programs in other cities. Peltola and Jackson share almost identical voting records. The municipal election will be held on Tuesday April 5. Chris Constant, Vice-Chair of the Assembly, is running for his third and final term. How would you address it? Zachary Johnson is a former pilot with the Alaska State Troopers. Rate how the Anchorage School District has handled the pandemic, and why? Ballots are in the mail. If passed, this would allow the market to determine how much parking is necessary, rather than municipal code. Last year, Dunbar ran for mayor and lost to Bronson in the runoff election by 1,193 votes. is a measure which would eliminate parking minimums within the municipality. Only two candidates in this years Assembly races are incumbents Christopher Constant and Felix Rivera. Explain, with specific examples. Several prominent media publishers across the . Section 1. The two candidates challenging Constant are Nick Danger and John Trueblood. , who has been running for several months now to fill Pete Petersons seat. All rights reserved. Lessens was elected to Seat B last year to serve the remainder of a term for a board member who resigned. Trueblood is a project manager with Steelhead Communications, a telecommunications company. Anchorage Assembly members Forrest Dunbar and Jamie Allard will both likely be heading to Juneau in January, leaving additional seats in East Anchorage and Eagle River vacant. Scroll further down for answers from individual candidates. Ries ran unsuccessfully for the Anchorage School Board in 2021, losing with 42% of the vote to incumbent Kelly Lessens. March 18, 2022 Randall Sulte is a candidate for Anchorage Assembly in the April 2022 election. Constant first won his seat in an open race in 2017 with 52% of the vote. A majority of the Anchorage Assemblys 12 seats are up for election, with seven members set to be determined on the April ballot. Let us know. Ballots are due by June 21. Copyright 2022 KTUU. Eleven challengers and four incumbents will vie for five open seats on the Anchorage Assembly this spring. Joey Sweet was selected to fill Dunbars seat until the April election. Current Assemblywoman Austin Quinn-Davidson, who won a special election in 2018 and. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Special Municipal Election is a little more than a month away, and will add a 12th member to the Anchorage Assembly. Two seats on the Anchorage School District school board in Alaska were up for general election on April 5, 2022. I would start with changes to Title 21 and the Building Safety Office to encourage and streamline development in Anchorage, thereby reducing development cost, and the loss of housing and business to the Valley. All rights reserved. He is an HVAC instructor at Charter College in Anchorage. Dustin Darden is a perennial candidate who has unsuccessfully run for U.S. Senate, the Legislature, Anchorage mayor and the Assembly numerous times. This new Blue 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab Short Box 4-Wheel Drive LT 1LT with a 2.7L Turbo engine engine and automatic transmission is for sale at Chevrolet of South Anchorage. She recently defeated an effort to recall her in a special election. . The same district has a second seat up for election, as Pete Petersen is barred by term-limits from running again. We plan to build out our network of contributors to reflect interests and communities statewide. You can read each candidates response in the links below. She is currently the interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. While the results of some races are pretty well settled, others will need to be ranked before we know who will go to Juneau. Right now there are, Man charged in 1994 sexual abuse cold case. He is currently the chair of the Anchorage Platting Board. She was born in Anchorage and then moved to Chugiak in the 1960s. Explain. Under new municipal voting district lines thanks to the passage of Proposition 12, which Constant championed, he will be competing in a district that is roughly 50% different from his previous one. Assembly members Kameron Perez-Verdia, who represents West Anchorage, Meg Zaletel, who represents Midtown, Forrest Dunbar, who represents East Anchorage, and John Weddleton, who represents South Anchorage, are all seeking reelection. Emily Goodykoontz is a reporter covering Anchorage local government and general assignments. More information on how to vote in the municipal election is on available on the citys election website, which includes an FAQ and a full list of candidates. Sherwood Williams lost in the general election on April 5, 2022. What is the most important problem facing Anchorage? Zaletel defeated a recall petition against her last fall by a wide margin. Weddleton is the incumbent Assembly member for Seat J and is seeking a third term. She has twice served on the board of directors of Chugach Electric Association. According to the. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The candidates in the Anchorage Assembly District 3 race said they feel it is time for change and that the incumbent is out of touch with those who elected him to the assembly. The other, Nick Danger, has reported no donations. I have consistently brought forward policies that benefit the residents of Anchorage.. Alaska's News Source conducted interviews on Wednesday with two of of the six candidates, Robin Phillips and Cliff Baker. Taylor has lived in Anchorage for 50 years. In response, Constant said that another conservative- leaning voice would not impact the dynamic of the current 11-member assembly, which currently has three conservative leaning members with Randy Sulte, Kevin Cross, and Jamie Allard. A third candidate for the seat, Mikel Insalaco, has reported no campaign income to date. for the South Anchorage seat held by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance. Rachel Ries is a former pilot and unsuccessfully ran for Anchorage School Board last year. Lessens, who was elected last year to fill the remainder of a resigning members term, faces three challengers. Stephens is a longtime Chugiak resident and lifetime Alaska resident. Perez-Verdia, a current Assembly member, was elected to Seat D in 2019 and is seeking a second term. All rights reserved. From public safety, to jobs, to quality of life, there are still investments that need to be made for this side of town, which is often overlooked. We cannot be defined by the voices of a few. Bronson-backed real estate broker Scott Myers is vastly outraising his rival, having so far reported over $20,000 in donations, though he has spent just about as much, almost all of it on a local campaign consultant and marketing work done by Axiom Strategies, a national Republican firm. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) And for a Midtown Anchorage Assembly seat, incumbent Meg Zaletel has a lead with 54% of the vote over Kathy Henslee's 46%. Keliipiki has begun to build a website which appears mostly copied from Arizona Congressional Candidate Alex Stovall, which you can read about. to the Heritage Land Bank Advisory Commission by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in November, 2021. After watching the quality of life in Anchorage decline dramatically over the last few years, I realized it was time to step out of the boat and declare my candidacy for Assembly, she wrote on her campaign website. I honestly think that as far as knowledge goes Ive got quite a bit of knowledge under these kinds of conditions, and trying to keep people having their own money and keeping their own respect and being responsible for themselves is something that needs to be brought back.. Prior to joining the ADN he worked in Alaskas public radio network, and got his start in journalism at KNOM in Nome. The Anchorage Assembly will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night. 16 . Mikel Insalaco founded marketing firm egoforge and unsuccessfully ran for state House last year. She has received financial contributions from both Quinn-Davidson and the districts other member, Kameron Perez-Verdia, among other Democrat-leaning politicians, union groups, and many small-dollar donors. Even though assembly members are non-partisan and are not affiliated with any one political party, there has been a call for more conservative-leaning voices on the assembly from audience members at assembly meetings. is to promote and solicit donations for the election of pro-REALTOR candidates who understand and support their interests. During her time in Alaska, she worked in the Municipality of Anchorage for seven years and then started a small business that she had to move away from after 14 years. I absolutely love my community, and its definitely kind of bittersweet to say that Im not going to be in that role, she said. 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