1981 Anchorage mayoral election

1981 Anchorage mayoral election
October 4, 1981 (first round)[1]
October 27, 1981 (runoff)[2]
 
Candidate Tony Knowles Joe L. Hayes Dave Walsh
First-round vote 20,090 20,059 10,090
First-round percentage 39.58% 39.51% 19.88%
Second-round vote 24,539 21,463
Second-round percentage 53.34% 46.66%
Mayor before election

George M. Sullivan
Republican

 Elected mayor

Tony Knowles
Democratic

The 1981 Anchorage mayoral election was held on October 4 and October 27, 1981, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Tony Knowles.

Since no candidate had received 40% of the vote in the first round(which at least one candidate was required to obtain to avoid a runoff),[3] a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.

Results

First round

Results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tony Knowles 20,090 39.58
Nonpartisan Joe L. Hayes 20,059 39.51
Nonpartisan Dave Walsh 10,090 19.88
Nonpartisan Matt Hammer 419 0.83
Nonpartisan Drew M. Angel 144 0.28
Total votes 50,764

Runoff

Results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tony Knowles 24,539 53.34
Nonpartisan Joe L. Hayes 21,463 46.66
Total votes 46,002

References

  1. 1 2 "October 4, 1981 REGULAR ELECTION" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "RUN-OFF ELECTION OF 10/27/81 MAYORAL ELECTION" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. November 6, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

See also


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