Anchorage Mayoral Election

[ccharles000]

Anchorage voted today on their mayoral runoff between liberal Eric Croft and conservative Dan Sullivan. Despite the fact that Anchorage seems to be the "liberal" center of the state-- which means that it's about evenly divided between Ds and Rs-- it sent the conservative to the mayor's office by a comfortable margin-- 57-43%.
This win is significant for conservatives, because Anchorage is by far the largest population center in the state. Moreover, the mayor position is a pipeline for higher office (eg. Begich).

This win is also part of a trend of very local level Republicans winning elections recently. Since this year began, Republicans have picked up a few state legislature seats in places like Delaware and Maine. The races involved were in highly liberal districts that conservatives were simply able to win because of crappy turn-out.

http://www.swingstateproject.com

[d_b]

1. way crappy turnout

boo @ Anchorage x(

[ccharles000]

2. I'm sorry you now have a rupug mayor

:hug:

[d_b]

3. yea me too

That's Alaska for ya.

:beer: :beer: