# 2009 Anchorage mayoral election

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The 2009 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 7 and May 5, 2009, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Since no candidate reached a 45% plurality needed to win outright, the top-two candidates advanced to a runoff. Fifteen candidates competed, with former State Rep. Eric Croft and former Anchorage Assemblyman Dan Sullivan proceeding to the runoff election, which Sullivan won with 57% of the vote.

## Candidates

* Matt Claman - former Anchorage Assembly chairman, acting Mayor since January 2009
* Eric Croft - former Democratic State Representative and 2006 gubernatorial candidate
* Merica Hlatcu
* Paul Honeman
* Phil Isley
* Paul Kendall
* Jacob Seth Kern
* Dominic Lee
* Bob Lupo
* Walt Monegan - former Anchorage police chief and former Public Safety Commissioner
* Billy Ray Powers
* Sheila Selkregg - Anchorage Assemblywoman
* Larry Shooshanian
* Dan Sullivan - former Anchorage Assemblyman
* Richard Wanda

## Results
### First round

2009 Anchorage mayoral election (first round) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Dan Sullivan | 25,262 | 43.38 |
| | Nonpartisan | Eric Croft | 11,432 | 19.63 |
| | Nonpartisan | Sheila Selkregg | 9,473 | 16.27 |
| | Nonpartisan | Walt Monegan | 5,063 | 8.69 |
| | Nonpartisan | Matt Claman | 3,325 | 5.71 |
| | Nonpartisan | Paul Honeman | 2,636 | 4.53 |
| | Nonpartisan | Paul Kendall | 146 | 0.25 |
| | Nonpartisan | Dominic Lee | 144 | 0.25 |
| | Nonpartisan | Billy Ray Powers | 133 | 0.23 |
| | Nonpartisan | Phil Isley | 122 | 0.21 |
| | Nonpartisan | Jacob Seth Kern | 85 | 0.15 |
| | Nonpartisan | Bob Lupo | 83 | 0.14 |
| | Nonpartisan | Larry Shooshanian | 59 | 0.10 |
| | Nonpartisan | Richard Wanda | 52 | 0.09 |
| | Nonpartisan | Merica Hlatcu | 48 | 0.08 |
| | Nonpartisan | Write-ins | 170 | 0.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,233 | 29.67 |

### Runoff

2009 Anchorage mayoral election runoff :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Dan Sullivan | 31,194 | 56.71 | +13.33 |
| | Nonpartisan | Eric Croft | 23,812 | 43.29 | +23.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,006 | 22.35 | |