The balance of political power in the upcoming April 5, 2022 loss of of! His spouse. The April election will be conducted by-mail and the deadline to register to vote in the election is March 5. All rights reserved. Darden is registered with the pro-secessionist, Midtown lost parts of Dimond, Airport Heights, and Fireweed. Ballots will be mailed at least 21 days before election day. All rights reserved. Rate how the Anchorage School District has handled the pandemic, and why? Two school board seats are up for election, with two incumbents running: School Board President Margo Bellamy and member Kelly Lessens. Trueblood is a registered Republican. All rights reserved. Here is a closer look at the candidates who filed most recently: So far, candidates aligned with the current left-of-center Assembly majority incumbents and newcomers alike are generally outperforming or keeping even with right-leaning rivals in campaign fundraising, according to the latest round of financial disclosures filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, which track donations collected last year through mid-February. Editors note: Mikel Insalaco is a former employee of Alaska Public Media. She serves as President of the Turnagain Community Council President and is Chair of Anchorages Budget Advisory Commission. Shes a long-time community advocate in West Anchorage, where she has resided since 2012. Copyright 2022 KTUU. (The Alaska Current) Felix Rivera is running for his third and final term. Sloan has supported several Bronson-backed candidates including Stephanie Taylor. Ballots are due by June 21. He ran against Mayor Dave Bronson in the last municipal election, losing in a runoff election by a little over 1,000 votes. Rachel Ries is a former pilot and unsuccessfully ran for Anchorage School Board last year. For general questions regarding Municipal vacancy announcements or the employment process with the Municipality of Anchorage, applicants may contact the Human Resources Department at (907) 343-4447 during regular business hours of Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Alaska Time. With my Conservative Navigation, I plan to bring much needed balance and direction to this Assembly.. Let us know. (Bill Roth / ADN). for the South Anchorage seat held by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance. He is currently the chair of the Anchorage Platting Board. to the Heritage Land Bank Advisory Commission by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in November, 2021. What do you want to ask the candidates? A majority of the Anchorage Assemblys 12 seats are up for election, with seven members set to be determined on the April ballot. To represent West Anchorage,. She is currently the interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. The case is much the same in the South Anchorage race to replace outgoing Chair Suzanne LaFrance, who decided not to pursue a third term. Ries is a first-time candidate for office. 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. His district is currently the only assembly district without two assembly members. 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. The deadline for. He is a frequent attendee and testifier at Assembly meetings, and has been arrested or ejected from the chambers for disruptive behavior several times. Reach him at wearly@alaskapublic.org. It was renamed the North Anchorage district. View the full survey here. What is the most important problem facing Anchorage? April 5, 2022. Finally, I would seek to reduce panhandling and illegal camping preventing the homeless from using established resources. Hes married to Bronson administration purchasing director Rachelle Alger. He serves as the Alaska representative for the REALTOR Political Action Committee (RPAC). Whats your vision for improving and diversifying Anchorages economy? A joint fundraiser was held last year by three candidates, Kathy Henslee, Stephanie Taylor and Randy Sulte, all Bronson supporters. I am stepping up to work with others to move our city in the right direction and work for positive solutions for our community.. WHEREAS, The Operating Projects Committed General Fund (1 90000) is created in 13 2022 for transfers from other governmental funds , now, for operating activities 14 . Cox ran for Seat B on the Anchorage School Board last year and lost. Colbry also ran for governor of Alaska in 2018 and lost in the Republican primary with 416 votes. Jim Arlington is a former member of the Anchorage School Board (1992-1993) and now works in marketing with the Afognak Native Corporation. Hot Topics . He has also served on public safety, and the Girdwood Board of Supervisors. A few of her top issues are: prioritizing public safety, building a strong future and promoting fiscal responsibility. Holleman faces Mark Anthony Cox, a small business owner who unsuccessfully ran for school board in 2021 and 2022. The mission of The Current is to publish a broad range of newsworthy and thought-provoking content, all which is interesting and constructive. Though the district has a third candidate running, Dustin Darden, he has reported no campaign income. FLE - Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006. Ries ran unsuccessfully for the Anchorage School Board in 2021, losing with 42% of the vote to incumbent Kelly Lessens. Zac Johnson is a former U.S. Marine and Alaska State Trooper. And on top of the $4,620 reported to APOC as expenses, the campaign also lists $14,448 in debts, much of it having gone to the Ship Creek Group for campaign management. Vazquez was a Republican Alaska State House representative for District 22 from 2015 to 2016. I promised to do the work, to stay engaged with constituents and to focus on problems and solutions, not politics, he said on his campaign website. Does the city do a good job of running municipal elections? Contact her at egoodykoontz@adn.com. Stephens is a lifelong Alaskan. State changed its bridge replacement plans to accommodate Kinross mine plan, Meet the 2023 Candidates for Anchorage Assembly, Bronson Administration Looks to Settle with Hickel Contracting for $2.5 million, Senate passes legislation rejecting pay raises for governor and cabinet, Alaskas retirement system falls short for most. Felix Rivera and Christopher Constant will both be running for re-election. Trueblood is a project manager with Steelhead Communications, a telecommunications company. South Anchorage lost parts of Bayshore/Klatt and added parts of the east Dimond area. The Anchorage Assembly will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night. Emily Goodykoontz is a reporter covering Anchorage local government and general assignments. In 2020, voters approved a change in the citys charter to create a second elected seat to represent District 1. LaFrance, a registered nonpartisan, won reelection in 2020 by fewer than 400 votes. Several prominent media publishers across the . 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. [Coverage of the 2022 Anchorage city election]. East Anchorage has two seats on the ballot, one filled for nearly two terms by former Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar, was elected to the Legislature and vacated the seat in January. Friday was the deadline to file to run in the April 4 city election. Perez-Verdia, a current Assembly member, was elected to Seat D in 2019 and is seeking a second term. Henslee previously ran as a Republican candidate for the Alaska House, District 23, and lost in 2020. Quinn-Davidson was appointed Anchorage Mayor in October of 2020 following the effective resignation of former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. A number of the new candidates are would-be allies to Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, and if elected, they aim to shift the balance of power in the city in the mayors favor. Sulte is an engineer and a pilot. 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 . Anchorage has vote-by-mail elections, and registered voters should expect ballots to arrive roughly three weeks before the election. [Anchorage Assembly overrides Mayor Bronsons veto of ordinance on meeting rules]. , 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. More than half of the seats on the Anchorage Assembly are up for election this April, and just two incumbents are seeking reelection. Two candidates are looking to fill her seat, which is up for a full, three-year term. Ballots are in the mail. How would you address it? There are two candidates for Petersens seat: George Martinez, president of the Northeast Community Council who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2021, and Spencer Moore, an outreach director with Mountain City Church, formerly the Anchorage Baptist Temple. He previously ran unsuccessful campaigns for Assembly and state Legislature, to represent West Anchorage, before parts of the neighborhood were redistricted to North Anchorage. I am Conservative Candidate running for Anchorage Assembly to bring balance back to a deeply polarized assembly, he wrote on his campaign website. Explain, with specific examples. Keliipiki has begun to build a website which appears mostly copied from Arizona Congressional Candidate Alex Stovall, which you can read about here. What makes you qualified to serve on the Anchorage Assembly? Darden is well-known as a routine disruptor at Assembly meetings and for advocating that Anchorage remove the fluoride from the citys water supply. Former teacher and first-time candidate Karen Bronga has raised $21,306, most of it from small donors, with a mix of meatier contributions from former and current elected officials. Williams frequently attends and testifies as assembly meetings. $15,362 - Kevin Cross, Republican for the Eagle River District 2 seat on the Anchorage Assembly. He has held other leadership roles and won various awards during his real estate career. According to the. I support public-private partnerships, such as the proposed navigation center, and facilities such as the Hope Center. Therefore, Taylor now lives in the newly created district. Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage, JBER soldier dies after bear attack during training in Anchorage, Native organizations win $35M grant to bring broadband home, 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. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. The filing deadline for this election was January 28, 2022 . Two candidates have filed to fill the remaining two years of Dunbars term: former teacher Karen Bronga and Leigh Sloan, a conservative school choice and parents rights advocate. Danger is a former, , actor, stunt man, and former union operating engineer. He is an attorney and a commissioned officer in the Alaska Army National Guard. 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. Campaign website: sulteforanchorage.com Black board In 2020, voters approved a charter amendment to add a 12th seat to the assembly. In 2021, he beat a recall attempt launched by Russell Briggs of Save Midtown and Save Anchorage by 13 points. This is my community and I plan to continue my service as an advocate for all of us. Campaign website: kelly4anchoragekids.com. Please see the regulation below in bold for minimum hours required. 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. The people running to fill the new Assembly seat are Robin Phillips, Tasha Hotch, Daniel Volland, Robyn Forbes, Cliff Baker, Hans Thompson and Stephanie Taylor. Explain. Rivera is running for his third term, and has served on the Assembly since 2017. Reach him at wearly@alaskapublic.org. She won in the general election on April 5, 2022.. For more information on the 2021 recall election against Zaletel, please click here. Flynn and Algers own a coffee shop together, and Flynn considers himself a fiscal conservative. The Alaska Current is a collective of journalists, creatives and content creators. Explain. Danger is a former professional wrestler, actor, stunt man, and former union operating engineer. himself a fiscal conservative. When Allard left her Eagle River-Chugiak Assembly seat to go to Juneau, Arlington was one of 10 who applied to fill the remainder of her term (Robin Dern was selected). was appointed to fill the remainder of his term. is to promote and solicit donations for the election of pro-REALTOR candidates who understand and support their interests. It has been a recent precedent for the Assembly to appoint someone to the temporary seat who is not currently running for the elected term. Im running for office because theres more work to be done, she said in an emailed statement. 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. Meyers moved to Alaska from Oregon in 2012. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) -The Special Municipal Election for the seat that will add a 12th member to Anchorage Assembly is next month. Karen Bronga has lived in East Anchorage since childhood and works as a teacher for the Anchorage School District. She joins George Martinez, who has been running for several months now to fill Pete Petersons seat. What is a short summary of your background? Anchorage Assembly member Felix Rivera is running for his third term representing Midtown Anchorage. that has ran for Assembly, mayor, and legislature several times. , he will be competing in a district that is roughly 50% different from his previous one. Already he has spent more than $17,000 on a mix of campaign management, events and supplies. He has been removed from assembly chambers several times for creating disturbances. Disclosure: Robert Hockema is working for the Anna Brawley for Anchorage Assembly campaign. Randy Sulte| District: 6 | Age: 52 | Occupation: COO |sulteforanchorage.com. We are 40,000 strong in 40,000 ways. She has been on the board of the Scenic Foothills Community Council since 2013. According to his. A blend of a public and private partnership is needed that adopts ideas and programs with proven track records from successful cities. Rachel Ries filed on Monday for the South Anchorage seat held by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance. Weddleton is the incumbent Assembly member for Seat J and is seeking a third term. 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. Allard served a single term on the Assembly. Ive worked all over the country, Ive seen everything that could possibly happen, Hall said. And those meetings just scratch the surface. Explain, with specific examples. 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. He is a frequent donor to Republican candidates. I have engaged with constituents beyond my expectations. Dunbar was elected to the Legislature and vacated the seat in January. She is supported by Mayor Bronson. He serves on the Kenaitze Indian Tribes education committee and is a member of the board of directors for the National Indian Education Association. Assembly candidates will be chosen by voters in their district. She has twice served on the board of directors of Chugach Electric Association. He has served on the Abbott Loop Community Council board and land use committee, the Hillside Home and Landowners Organization and is currently a part of the Spenard Chamber of Commerce. The Assembly needs eight of 11 votes to override a veto, and currently just two of its members consistently vote in line with the mayor Kennedy and Jamie Allard, also of Eagle River. As stewards of Anchorage, those elected are accountable for the health and well being of our city and their actions are of tremendous importance. Johnson is also a volunteer firefighter/EMT with Girdwood Volunteer Fire & Rescue. Flynn and Algers own a coffee shop together, and Flynn. Ries ran unsuccessfully for Anchorage School Board in 2022. 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. The dynamic is inverted in the Eagle River race, which is an open field to take over now-state Rep. Jamie Allards seat. Brongas community work focuses on safer neighborhoods, implementing traffic-calming measures to dangerous streets and trail connectivity. The municipal election will be held on Tuesday April 5. Do you have areas of concern about student achievement in the Anchorage School District? All rights reserved. Dunbar is the incumbent candidate for the East Anchorage seat. He is an HVAC instructor at Charter College in Anchorage. I agree with the mayors plan for a navigation center to triage and sort the needs of homeless, navigating them to resources that best match their needs. 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. THE ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLY RESOLVES: 17 . The past two years have been marked by increased civic discord in Anchorage. Some conservative Assembly candidates have been working together as their campaigns attempt to flip the Assembly seats. 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