Cross is a real estate investor and part owner of the Quantum Laundry Lounge in Anchorage. 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. Meyers moved to Alaska from Oregon in 2012. I am excited for the opportunity to step up and work for my community, Brawley said in announcing her candidacy last week. She serves as President of the Turnagain Community Council President and is Chair of Anchorages Budget Advisory Commission. Lost parts of Arctic and Spenard; gained the Bayshore/Klatt area (see article). There are three candidates running for LaFrances seat. 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. Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance did not file to run for reelection. He has also served on public safety commissions and the Girdwood Board of Supervisors. In 2021, he beat a recall attempt launched by Russell Briggs of Save Midtown and Save Anchorage by 13 points. Randy Sulte| District: 6 | Age: 52 | Occupation: COO |sulteforanchorage.com. Flynn and Algers own a coffee shop together, and Flynn. She joins George Martinez, who has been running for several months now to fill Pete Petersons seat. She has twice served on the board of directors of Chugach Electric Association. We are 40,000 strong in 40,000 ways. What would you have done differently, if anything? According to the. 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. East Anchorage has two seats on the ballot, one filled for nearly two terms by former Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar. He serves as the Alaska representative for the REALTOR Political Action Committee (RPAC). His recent donations include Dave Bronson for Mayor, Stephanie Taylor for Assembly, Kathy Henslee for both State House and Assembly, and Tuckerman Babcock for State Senate. District 2 (Eagle River/Chugiak) Seat A (incumbent Crystal Kennedy is not running for reelection): Wesley Early covers municipal politics and Anchorage life for Alaska Public Media. As stewards of Anchorage, those elected are accountable for the health and well being of our city and their actions are of tremendous importance. Leigh Sloan is a former teacher, pastor, and Republican political consultant. Meet the 2023 Candidates for Anchorage Assembly, North Anchorage gained parts of Russian Jack, Wonder Park, Ptarmigan, Fireweed, and Spenard (see, is running for his third and final term. Travis Szanto owns Skyworks LLC, a carpentry business. What is the most important problem facing Anchorage? What makes you qualified to serve on the Anchorage School Board? Stephens is a longtime Chugiak resident and lifetime Alaska resident. It gained parts of Spenard and Arctic (see, Felix Rivera is running for his third and final term. I attend all Community Councils, HALO and the Girdwood Board of Supervisors. I would start the healing process by removing five Assembly members from office this April and put all members on notice that they are elected community leaders and are here to represent the population at large and not their own private interests. She serves as President of the Turnagain Community Council President and is Chair of Anchorages Budget Advisory Commission. Anchorage Assembly Candidates District 1 - Seat B - North Anchorage Danger, Nick - Filed 1/25/2023 Trueblood, John - Filed 1/26/2023 Constant, Christopher - Filed 1/13/2023 District 2 - Seat C - Chugiak, Eagle River, JBER Branson, Roger - Filed 1/27/2023 - Withdrawn 1/30/2023 Arlington, Jim - Filed 1/27/2023 LaFrance, a registered nonpartisan, won reelection in 2020 by fewer than 400 votes. To account for the new seat, the district also increased in size roughly doubling when the city set new district boundaries earlier this year. Sulte is an engineer and a pilot. Are you satisfied with current preschool options? He serves as the Alaska representative for the REALTOR Political Action Committee (RPAC). She joins. (Bill Roth / ADN). During the 2021 redistricting cycle, Moore advocated for combining East Anchorage with Eagle River in one senate district, a pairing that was later ruled by a judge to be an unconstitutional gerrymander. Seat K, the South Anchorage seat on the ballot, is held by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance, who. Brian Flynn is a real estate manager. Dayton Keliikipi has filed to represent Midtown. The same district has a second seat up for election, as Pete Petersen is barred by term-limits from running again. Zaletel was elected to Seat F in 2019 and is seeking a second term. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The window to fill out applications for those looking to run for an Anchorage Assembly seat has closed, and this year the assembly has five seats up for grabs. Leigh Sloan is a former teacher, pastor, and Republican political consultant. For those who wish to vote in-person, they can start on June 13th at City Hall through Election Day. Its important to make sure all of Anchorage sees Chugiak- Eagle River in its true light.. Moores only outside donation is $5,000 from Crystal Hoffman, wife of Ron Hoffman, the head pastor of Mountain City Church. His wife, Rachelle Algers, is the director of the purchasing department under Mayor Bronson. I return calls and emails. Sloan has supported several Bronson-backed candidates including Stephanie Taylor. [Chugach State Park has been loved to death. A ballot proposition aims to address longstanding problems.]. Finally, I would seek to reduce panhandling and illegal camping preventing the homeless from using established resources. Given the political composition of the district, South Anchorage is seen as highly competitive. Constant ran unopposed for his second term. Danger is a previous candidate for the Assembly seat, losing in 2020 to member Austin Quinn-Davidson with 3,524 votes. According to his campaign website, Cross is looking to bring his strong negotiation skills, inject common sense, defend the rights of individuals and small business owners, and support fiscal responsibility. Dayton Keliikipi has filed to represent Midtown. All rights reserved. Hall said the knowledge he could bring to the assembly is that of someone who is a business owner, an educator and someone who has worked all around the country. Feb. 25The 51st running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off the first weekend in March, marking a full return to its pre-pandemic format . It gained parts of the U-Med. Her work includes modernizing alcohol licensing laws and zoning improvements like removing excess parking requirements. She previously ran for a District 2 seat and lost in 2017. David Eibeck had registered to run for the seat, but after the filing deadline, he announced on social media that he is no longer running. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee While Congressman Young was known for his bipartisanship in the House, Rep. Jackson Lee votes with the Democrat Party, as does Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska. Karen Bronga filed on Sunday to run for the East Anchorage seat that will be vacated by Forrest Dunbar. Darden is registered with the pro-secessionist, Midtown lost parts of Dimond, Airport Heights, and Fireweed. The election will add a 12th member to the Anchorage Assembly. What happens if I were sick or somehow predisposed, said Constant. Trueblood is a project manager with Steelhead Communications, a telecommunications company. Some conservative Assembly candidates have been working together as their campaigns attempt to flip the Assembly seats. Sulte says he is running to bring balance back to a deeply polarized Assembly, according to his website. Darin Colbry had initially filed for LaFrances seat, but he withdrew his name on Monday. Anchorage Assembly member Felix Rivera is running for his third term representing Midtown Anchorage. The April election will be conducted by-mail and the deadline to register to vote in the election is March 5. Anchorage is facing critical issues that will affect how we live for years to come: developing a transparent, accountable, and sustainable budget that is accountable and sustainable; diversification of the economy: encouraging economic development; maintaining and improving our state infrastructure: better education achieved by ensuring sufficient resources are actually provided in the classroom, Vasquez wrote on her campaign website. Please see the regulation below in bold for minimum hours required. Copyright 2022 KTUU. Bronga served on the Scenic Foothills Community Council for 10 years and is registered Undeclared. On Sunday, a second section of the roof collapsed in the building at 1101 East 76th Ave., just east of the Old Seward Highway, though most of the building remains intact. I support looking across the U.S. to copy successful strategies from proven programs in other cities. Also, what are your thoughts on what took place on Jan. 6, 2021 in the U.S. Capitol? Only people living in the North Anchorage district will vote in the election. The Alaska Current is a collective of journalists, creatives and content creators. Alger, is the Municipalitys Purchasing Director, , who filed for the Eagle River seat, is an associate broker with Remax in Eagle River. He has also served on public safety, and the Girdwood Board of Supervisors. April 5, 2022 Nial Sherwood Williams ran for election to the Anchorage Assembly to represent District 3 Seat D in Alaska. She recently defeated an effort to recall her in a special election. - Notable in this race is that the incumbent, Assemblywoman Crystal Kennedy, is nor running for reelection and that Cross just entered the race on Jan. 10; Wehmhoff also entered late. Incumbents Dave Donley and Andy Holleman have both filed to run for reelection. In last years election, it was the only district to see an incumbent, moderate John Weddleton, replaced by Sulte, a conservative challenger. Throughout last week, the Alaska Division of Elections continued to tally ballots for State elections. What is your vision of the role of local government in Anchorage? Leadership starts at the top with leading by example. What steps, if any, should the school board take to improve teacher retention? Disclosure: Robert Hockema is working for the Anna Brawley for Anchorage Assembly campaign. Ive worked all over the country, Ive seen everything that could possibly happen, Hall said. He previously served on the Anchorage School Board from 2013 to 2017. Rachel Ries filed on Monday for the South Anchorage seat held by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance. She was elected in 2019 to the board and is seeking a second term. 6 candidates running for Anchorages 12th assembly seat, The Anchorage Special Municipal Election is a little more than a month away. Cross was born in Anchorage and describes himself as a conservative on his website. There, former mayoral candidate and former Alaska Humanities Forum program director George Martinez, who has been campaigning since last spring, has taken in $39,189, with donations from current and former politicos, small-dollar contributions, as well as some from organized labor political action committees. He has held other leadership roles and won various awards during his real estate career. Shes a long-time community advocate in West Anchorage, where she has resided since 2012. Brawley plans to run for a West Anchorage Assembly seat in April. Hes a registered Republican and a political newcomer, having voted in his first municipal election in 2022. Sulte is a first-time candidate for Anchorage Assembly. Taylor recently ran against Forest Dunbar for the East Anchorage assembly seat, but is now eligible for the North Anchorage seat due to a change in the voting district lines from the reapportionment process. Sulte is a first-time candidate for Anchorage Assembly. was appointed to fill the remainder of his term. He is a frequent donor to Republican candidates. All rights reserved. First step to more common-sense land use regulations Eliminating parking requirements from the zoning code was described by Volland as the "first chip in the ice" to making Anchorage's land use code work better for housing development. Colbry also ran for governor of Alaska in 2018 and lost in the Republican primary with 416 votes. Henslee previously ran as a Republican candidate for the Alaska House, District 23, and lost in 2020. The Anchorage Assembly could shift further to the left next year: Anchorage's George Martinez, who worked in the administration of Mayor Ethan Berkowitz and once was a well-known figure in Occupy Wall Street protest movement in New York City, has announced he is running for the East Anchorage Assembly seat now occupied by Pete Petersen, who hits Eleven challengers and four incumbents will vie for five open seats on the Anchorage Assembly this spring. It gained parts of Spenard and Arctic (see article). His recent donations include Dave Bronson for Mayor, Stephanie Taylor for Assembly, Kathy Henslee for both State House and Assembly, and Tuckerman Babcock for State Senate. Final results in the ranked choice election will be out this Wednesday. 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. He is a private pilot and works as chief operating officer of Kakivik Asset Management and CCI Industrial, according to his website. Running against him is Rachel Ries, who lost a bid for school board last year but has earned the endorsement of prominent conservative politicians and Republicans, including Bronson, Eagle River Assembly member Kevin Cross, and South Anchorage Assembly member Randy Sulte. People vote in the regular municipal election at the Anchorage Vote Center in the Assembly Chambers at the Loussac Library on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. 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. Keliipiki has begun to build a website which appears mostly copied from Arizona Congressional Candidate Alex Stovall, which you can read about. 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. February 1, 2023 | The Midnight Sun is joining The Alaska Current; January 27, 2023 | 'We're just asking for the crust.' School advocates ask for funding increase to keep up with inflation; January 25, 2023 | House keeps Tribal Affairs committee over Rep. Eastman's objections; January 24, 2023 | Dunleavy calls for Alaska to be 'the most pro-life state in the country' Hot Topics . The last day for candidates to withdraw their names from the ballot will be Tuesday, Feb. 1. Benefiting from lingering frustration toward Assembly members by activist donors and political action committees, as well as newly lifted campaign spending limits in Alaska, candidates on both sides raised sums more befitting statewide races. I am proud to have focused on problems and solutions not on re-election.. How would you address it if elected? Here is a closer look at the candidates who filed most recently: Anna Brawley is a Planner and Project Manager with Agnew Beck Consulting. Moore was a regional representative for the Alaska Republican Party, and a district chairman for the old House District 21 in East Anchorage. Sloan has supported several Bronson-backed candidates including. Zaletel is another incumbent candidate running for reelection. 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. If I could change one thing in the Anchorage School District, it would be _____. Emily Goodykoontz is a reporter covering Anchorage local government and general assignments. Constant said its important for districts to have two representatives so that constituents are always represented during assembly meetings. I was also very pleased to see him hold an unruly citizen (who was actually in support of him) accountable for their behavior at a recent Assembly meeting. This seat is available because former Assemblywoman Jamie Allard vacated her seat after being elected to the Legislature. She is currently the interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. There are four candidates looking to replace her. No other donations are filed on his most recent APOC disclosure. 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. Sherwood Williams lost in the general election on April 5, 2022. Taylor has lived in Anchorage for 50 years. First-time candidate Zac Johnson, running with the backing of several union groups and moderate elected officials, has taken in $24,728. We plan to build out our network of contributors to reflect interests and communities statewide. In 2018, he ran as a Democrat for State House in Sand Lake and received 12% of the vote. 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. That could have major implications for the citys legislative branch, which now has had a majority decisive enough to regularly override vetoes by Mayor Dave Bronson on contentious issues and push investigations into the administration. Ballots are due by June 21. Danger often discusses crime, supports a city sales tax, and is critical of the current Assembly. Scott Myers is a real estate broker with RE/MAX and president of the Southfork Community Council in Eagle River. to the Heritage Land Bank Advisory Commission by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in November, 2021. Danger is a former, , actor, stunt man, and former union operating engineer. His challenger, Travis Szanto, a carpenter, reported giving his campaign $100. According to his. All rights reserved. [3] Porter was first elected in 2018, unseating incumbent Republican Mimi Walters. He is the head coach at Northern Lights Swim Club. 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.. Weddleton is the incumbent Assembly member for Seat J and is seeking a third term. Enrollment ('17-'18) 47,588 students. Copyright 2022 KTUU. 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