2003 Anchorage mayoral election

2003 Anchorage mayoral election

April 1, 2003
Turnout	34.45%
Candidate Mark Begich George Wuerch Rick Mystrom Popular vote 28,604 23,615 9,954 Percentage 45.03% 37.17% 15.67%
Mayor before election George Wuerch Republican Elected Mayor Mark Begich Democratic

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The 2003 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 1, 2003 to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Mark Begich, who unseated incumbent mayor George Wuerch.

An assembly ordinance and ballot proposition passed in Anchorage in 2003 had lowered the threshold required to avoid a mayoral runoff from 50% of the vote to 45%. Since Begich surpassed this margin, no runoff was necessary.

Candidates

• Mark Begich, former Anchorage Assemblyman, 1994 and 2000 mayoral candidate
• Jennifer Citti
• Daniel DeNardo
• David Dunsmore
• Thomas Mark Higgins
• Tom Layne
• Bruce J. Lemke
• Ray Malcolm
• Rick Mystrom, former mayor
• George Wuerch, incumbent mayor
• Richard Zeigler, 1994 mayoral candidate

Results

Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mark Begich	28,604	45.03
	Nonpartisan	George Wuerch (incumbent)	23,615	37.17
	Nonpartisan	Richard Mystrom	9,954	15.67
	Nonpartisan	David Dunsmore	488	0.77
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Citti	195	0.31
	Nonpartisan	Thomas Mark Higgins	144	0.23
	Nonpartisan	Richard Zeigler	135	0.21
	Nonpartisan	Tom Layne	103	0.16
	Nonpartisan	Daniel DeNardo	97	0.15
	Nonpartisan	Ray Malcolm	61	0.1
	Nonpartisan	Bruce J. Lemke	49	0.08
	Write-in	Write-in	79	0.12
Turnout			63,524	34.45

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