Suzanne LaFrance poised to be Anchorage’s first elected female mayor

Anchorage mayoral campaigner Suzanne LaFrance (right) and her run head Katie Scovic get a first look astatine nan first predetermination results during an arena astatine Williwaw Social connected Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

Suzanne LaFrance is poised to unseat incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and go nan city’s first elected female mayor. 

Partial, unofficial predetermination nighttime results Tuesday show nan erstwhile Anchorage Assembly chair starring Bronson by 9.8%. 

There are still thousands of ballots near to count, but nan lead will beryllium difficult for Bronson to overcome. If elector turnout patterns proceed from caller mayoral elections, Bronson would request nan outstanding ballots to favour him astir 2-to-1 to flooded nan deficit.

If LaFrance’s lead holds, she will officially return agency connected July 1.

Bronson went into his reelection bid arsenic an different incumbent underdog. He’s group to beryllium only nan 2nd incumbent politician to neglect to triumph a 2nd word since 1975, erstwhile nan metropolis and borough unified.

Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson looks astatine first predetermination results astatine his run office connected Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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