Suzanne LaFrance, the challenger to Mayor Dave Bronson in this year’s race for mayor, declared victory Tuesday with a more than 5,000-vote lead.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - on Friday showed LaFrance leading by 5,487 votes, about 53.5% of the total vote in the mayoral runoff race. The lead grew over the previous two vote counts on Thursday and Friday.
In a statement Tuesday, LaFrance’s campaign team claimed that the number of ballots still left to be counted are less than her lead of 5,487 votes, making it a mathematically impossible deficit for Bronson to make up. The division has counted 78,377 ballots so far, almost 33% of all registered voters in the municipality.
“I’m grateful for all the support and the clear outcome of this election,” LaFrance was quoted in the release. “As I’ve said throughout the campaign, local government isn’t about left or right. It’s about coming together to get things done. I’m excited about what we can do in this next chapter for Anchorage.”LaFrance is attempting to become the first elected female mayor of Anchorage, after previously having served as chair of the Anchorage Assembly, some of those years with Bronson as mayor.
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