About 37,000 ballots were mailed last week for the June 21 special election in which North Anchorage voters will choose between six candidates running to serve as the district's second Assembly member.
, shifting the boundaries of Anchorage’s six districts and roughly doubling in size District 1 in order to add a 12th member.
In 2020, voters had approved giving the district a second elected seat. For years, it had been about half the size of other districts, with only one representative. The six candidates are vying for a seat that is technically nonpartisan. However, Anchorage has seen growing division and clashes between Mayor Dave Bronson’s conservative administration and the Assembly’s majority of eight moderate-to-liberal-leaning members.
• Stephanie Taylor, who lost in the regular election earlier this year to Assembly member Forrest Dunbar for an East Anchorage seat, is making another bid for Assembly. Taylor’s residence was bumped into the North Anchorage district when the Assembly adopted its updated map, so she can now run again. Taylor has not previously held elected office.
• Daniel Volland, an optometrist, owner of Ursa Optical in downtown, and vice president of the South Addition Community Council, is making a first-time bid for elected office. He has theof North Anchorage’s current singular Assembly representative, Vice Chair Chris Constant.
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