Suzanne LaFrance outperformed Mayor Dave Bronson in campaign fundraising, the regular election results and a post-election poll.
Left: Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance speaks to supporters at a rally on April 12, 2024, at the IBEW Hall in Anchorage. Right: Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson waves to passing traffic on April 2, 2024. “We got a lot of doors to knock. We got a lot of calls to make, texts to send, postcards to write and votes to win over,” LaFrance told about 40 supporters at a campaign event on April 12 at an Anchorage labor union hall.
The Bronson campaign would not comment on the poll or address questions about its path to victory for this story. In a text message, campaign manager Blake Stieren said, “While LaFrance and friends are measuring the drapes the Bronson campaign is working hard to earn votes. We don’t have any comment beyond that.” .
“It was still surprising to me with all of our efforts, the difficulty we had in getting people to vote,” Tuck said. Anchorage switched to a vote-by-mail system in 2018. Since then, about 1 in 3 registered voters has turned out for mayoral elections. This year’s regular election had the lowest mayoral election turnout since the switch, at 30.4%.
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