Anchorage Assembly
Appearance
Anchorage Assembly | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Chair | Christopher Constant |
Structure | |
Seats | 12 |
Political groups | Nonpartisan |
Elections | |
Last election | April 4, 2023 (6 seats) |
Next election | April 1, 2025 (6 seats) |
Website | |
Anchorage Assembly website |
The Anchorage Assembly is the governing body of Anchorage, Alaska. The Assembly has twelve members elected to three-year terms from six districts. It is responsible for creating and approving the city's annual budget, appropriating municipal funding, and managing elections.[1][2] Seats in the Assembly are officially nonpartisan.[3]
Current composition
[edit]All 12 members are elected from geographic districts. All districts elect two members from designated area.[4]
District | Areas Represented | Members | First Elected | Term Expires |
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1 | North Anchorage | Christopher Constant | 2017 | 2026 |
Daniel Volland | 2022 | 2025 | ||
2 | Eagle River/Chugiak | Kevin Cross | 2022 | 2025 |
Scott Myers | 2023 | 2026 | ||
3 | West Anchorage | Kameron Perez-Verdia | 2019 | 2025 |
Anna Brawley | 2023 | 2026 | ||
4 | Midtown | Felix Rivera | 2017 | 2026 |
Meg Zaletel | 2019 | 2025 | ||
5 | East Anchorage | George Martinez | 2023 | 2026 |
Karen Bronga | 2023 | 2025 | ||
6 | South Anchorage/Girdwood | Zac Johnson | 2023 | 2026 |
Randy Sulte | 2022 | 2025 |
- †: Member elected in a special election
Notable former members
[edit]- Mark Begich, former U.S. senator and mayor of Anchorage
- Chris Birch, former member of the Alaska Legislature
- H. A. Boucher, 2nd lieutenant governor of Alaska
- Craig Campbell, 10th lieutenant governor of Alaska
- Matt Claman, member of the Alaska House of Representatives and former acting mayor of Anchorage
- Eric Croft, former member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Harriet Drummond, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Forrest Dunbar, member of the Alaska Senate
- Fred Dyson, former member of the Alaska Legislature
- Elvi Gray-Jackson, member of the Alaska Senate
- Tony Knowles, 7th governor of Alaska and former mayor of Anchorage
- Suzanne LaFrance, Mayor of Anchorage
- Anna MacKinnon, former member of the Alaska Legislature
- Kevin Meyer, 14th lieutenant governor of Alaska
- Pete Petersen, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Austin Quinn-Davidson, acting mayor of Anchorage
- Lidia Selkregg, Italian-American geologist and professor of regional planning
- Arliss Sturgulewski, former member of the Alaska Senate
- Dan Sullivan, former mayor of Anchorage
- Charles Wohlforth, author and journalist
- George Wuerch, former mayor of Anchorage
References
[edit]- ^ "Anchorage Assembly". www.muni.org. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "About Us - Member Profiles". www.muni.org. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "A majority of Anchorage Assembly seats are up for election. Here's who's running". Anchorage Daily News. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "Member Profiles". Anchorage Assembly. Retrieved June 20, 2022.