Anchorage Assembly

Anchorage Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chair	Christopher Constant
Structure
Seats	12
Political groups	Nonpartisan
Elections
Last election	April 4, 2023 (6 seats)
Next election	April 1, 2025 (6 seats)
Website
Anchorage Assembly website

The Anchorage Assembly is the governing body of Anchorage, Alaska. The Assembly has twelve members elected to three-year terms from six districts. It is responsible for creating and approving the city's annual budget, appropriating municipal funding, and managing elections.^[1][2] Seats in the Assembly are officially nonpartisan.^[3]

Current composition

All 12 members are elected from geographic districts. All districts elect two members from designated area.^[4]

District	Areas Represented	Members	First Elected	Term Expires
1	North Anchorage	Christopher Constant	2017	2026
		Daniel Volland	2022	2025
2	Eagle River/Chugiak	Kevin Cross	2022	2025
		Scott Myers	2023	2026
3	West Anchorage	Kameron Perez-Verdia	2019	2025
		Anna Brawley	2023	2026
4	Midtown	Felix Rivera	2017	2026
		Meg Zaletel	2019	2025
5	East Anchorage	George Martinez	2023	2026
		Karen Bronga	2023	2025
6	South Anchorage/Girdwood	Zac Johnson	2023	2026
		Randy Sulte	2022	2025

• †: Member elected in a special election

Notable former members

• Mark Begich, former U.S. senator and mayor of Anchorage
• Chris Birch, former member of the Alaska Legislature
• H. A. Boucher, 2nd lieutenant governor of Alaska
• Craig Campbell, 10th lieutenant governor of Alaska
• Matt Claman, member of the Alaska House of Representatives and former acting mayor of Anchorage
• Eric Croft, former member of the Alaska House of Representatives
• Harriet Drummond, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
• Forrest Dunbar, member of the Alaska Senate
• Fred Dyson, former member of the Alaska Legislature
• Elvi Gray-Jackson, member of the Alaska Senate
• Tony Knowles, 7th governor of Alaska and former mayor of Anchorage
• Suzanne LaFrance, Mayor of Anchorage
• Anna MacKinnon, former member of the Alaska Legislature
• Kevin Meyer, 14th lieutenant governor of Alaska
• Pete Petersen, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
• Austin Quinn-Davidson, acting mayor of Anchorage
• Lidia Selkregg, Italian-American geologist and professor of regional planning
• Arliss Sturgulewski, former member of the Alaska Senate
• Dan Sullivan, former mayor of Anchorage
• Charles Wohlforth, author and journalist
• George Wuerch, former mayor of Anchorage

References

1. "Anchorage Assembly". www.muni.org. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
2. "About Us - Member Profiles". www.muni.org. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
3. "A majority of Anchorage Assembly seats are up for election. Here's who's running". Anchorage Daily News. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
4. "Member Profiles". Anchorage Assembly. Retrieved June 20, 2022.

External links

• List of previous Assembly members