Anchorage Assembly Election: Key Races & Stakes

0:00It's April 1st. Anchorage News Today starts now. AI powered and ready. Anchorage's assembly election hits in one week, with ballots already mailed out. Half the 12C body is up for grabs. 6C's total. Members do three-year terms, kept at three terms for nine years max. Two seats open from term limits on liberals, Chris Costant, and Felix Rivera. District two, seat C, is vacant too, as Scott Myers bows out. In Cumbans, George Martinez in District five, Zach Johnson in District six, and Anna Brawley in District three, aimed to hold their ground. These non-partisan races split along progressive and conservative lines, an alignment with mayors who zanned the France packs the real punch. Constance downtown District one, seat B, puts progressive Sydney Scout against conservative Justin Malin. Rivera's midtown district for CG features conservative Dave Donnelly, a school board member and former state legislator versus liberal Janice.

1:00Park. Meanwhile, Brawley's West Anchorage District three CD is a straight rematch with Challenger Brian Flynn. Conservative wins across these could flip the whole assembly rightward, shaking up recent balances. Ballots must be in by April seven, so check your mail and vote.