2003 Anchorage mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 2003 Anchorage mayoral election Flag of Anchorage, Alaska.svg presidential no 2000 Anchorage mayoral election 2000 2006 Anchorage mayoral election 2006 April 1, 2003 34.45% First-round vote First-round percentage Second-round vote Second-round percentage 150x150px Mark Begich c0c0c0 28,604 45.03% 150x150px George Wuerch c0c0c0 23,615 37.17% 150x150px Rick Mystrom c0c0c0 9,954 15.67% Mayor George Wuerch Republican Party (United States) Mark Begich Democratic Party (United States) The 2003 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 1, 2003, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Mark Begich, who unseated incumbent mayor George Wuerch. An assembly ordinance and ballot proposition passed in Anchorage in 2003 had lowered the threshold required to avoid a mayoral runoff from 50% of the vote to 45%.Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152 http://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/legislation/2007%20Ordinances/ao2007-152.pdf Municipality of Anchorage November 13, 2019 November 6, 2007 Since Begich surpassed this margin, no runoff was necessary. Wuerch was the first, and until 2024 only, mayor of Anchorage to lose re-election since it became a borough in 1975. Candidates Mark Begich, former Anchorage Assemblyman, 1994 and 2000 mayoral candidate Jennifer Citti Daniel DeNardo David Dunsmore Thomas Mark Higgins Tom Layne Bruce J. Lemke Ray Malcolm Rick Mystrom, former mayor George Wuerch, incumbent mayor Richard Zeigler, 1994 mayoral candidate Results ResultsELECTION RESULTS REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 1, 2003 http://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Election%20Results/2003.04.01%20Election%20Results.PDF Municipality of Anchorage November 12, 2019 April 13, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200413072416/http://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Election%20Results/2003.04.01%20Election%20Results.PDF dead Nonpartisan Mark Begich 28,604 45.03 Nonpartisan George Wuerch (incumbent) 23,615 37.17 Nonpartisan Richard Mystrom 9,954 15.67 Nonpartisan David Dunsmore 488 0.77 Nonpartisan Jennifer Citti 195 0.31 Nonpartisan Thomas Mark Higgins 144 0.23 Nonpartisan Richard Zeigler 135 0.21 Nonpartisan Tom Layne 103 0.16 Nonpartisan Daniel DeNardo 97 0.15 Nonpartisan Ray Malcolm 61 0.1 Nonpartisan Bruce J. Lemke 49 0.08 Write-in Write-in 79 0.12 63,524 34.45 References Anchorage Anchorage 2003 Category:Mark Begich