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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The race for mayor will end Tuesday night following the runoff election between the top two candidates in April’s election.
The two candidates — former Anchorage Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance and incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson — did not receive enough votes to win the office (the winning candidate must win at least 45% of the vote to avoid a runoff), with LaFrance claiming 25,904 votes (36.2%) and Bronson getting 25,431 votes (35.5%).
The two candidates have engaged in a campaign season in which LaFrance has pointed out Bronson’s failures in dealing with the city’s homelessness crisis, inadequately snowplowed streets over the last two winters, and administration scandals; while Bronson has accused LaFrance of being “woke,” while saying she had been part of an Assembly unwilling to work with his administration.
The election commission will meet May 29 to adjudicate challenge ballots, and the election will be certified May 31 at …
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