2000 Anchorage mayoral election

The 2000 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 4 and May 2, 2000, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of George Wuerch.

2000 Anchorage mayoral election

← 1997 April 4, 2000 (first round)[1] May 2, 2000 (runoff)[2] 2003 →
Turnout	30.94% (first round) 35.63% (runoff)
Candidate George Wuerch Mark Begich Jack Frost First-round vote 12,681 24,920 11,396 First-round percentage 20.49% 40.26% 18.41% Second-round vote 32,167 20,116 Second-round percentage 52.49% 47.51%   Candidate Bob Bell First-round vote 6,034 First-round percentage 9.75%
Mayor before election Rick Mystrom Republican Elected mayor George Wuerch Republican

Incumbent mayor Rick Mystrom was term-limited.

Proposition 10, passed in 1999, required mayoral candidates to receive 50% of the votes cast in a race to avoid a runoff.^[3][4] Since no candidate had received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.^[3]

Results

First round

First round results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mark Begich	24,920	40.26
	Nonpartisan	George Wuerch	12,681	20.49
	Nonpartisan	Jack Frost	11,396	18.41
	Nonpartisan	Bob Bell	6,034	9.75
	Nonpartisan	Dave Donely	2,744	4.43
	Nonpartisan	Pete Kott	2,289	3.70
	Nonpartisan	Theresa Nangle Obermeyer	1,178	1.90
	Nonpartisan	John Kehr Jr.	90	0.15
	Nonpartisan	Race G. Jones	74	0.12
	Write-in	Write-ins	91	0.15
Turnout			61,497	30.94

Runoff

Runoff results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	George Wuerch	32,167	52.49
	Nonpartisan	Mark Begich	20,116	47.51
Turnout			69,025	35.63