Anchorage Assembly
{{short description|Governing body of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Anchorage Assembly
| coa_pic = 100px
| house_type = Unicameral
| leader1_type = Chair
| leader1 =Christopher Constant
| election1 =
| members = 12
| political_groups1 = Nonpartisan
| last_election1 = April 4, 2023
(6 seats)
| next_election1 = April 1, 2025
(6 seats)
| website = [https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/default.aspx 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.{{Cite web|title=Anchorage Assembly|url=http://www.muni.org/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.muni.org|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=About Us - Member Profiles|url=http://www.muni.org/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.muni.org|language=en-US}} Seats in the Assembly are officially nonpartisan.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-01|title=A majority of Anchorage Assembly seats are up for election. Here's who's running.|url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/02/01/a-majority-of-anchorage-assembly-seats-are-up-for-election-heres-whos-running/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Anchorage Daily News|language=en-US}}
Current composition
All 12 members are elected from geographic districts. All districts elect two members from designated area.{{cite web |title=Member Profiles |work=Anchorage Assembly |access-date=June 20, 2022 |url=https://www.muni.org/departments/assembly/pages/about%20us%20-%20member%20profiles.aspx}}
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District
! Areas Represented ! Members ! First Elected ! Term Expires |
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rowspan=2 | 1
| rowspan=2 | North Anchorage | Christopher Constant | 2017 | 2026 |
Daniel Volland
| 2022 | 2025 |
rowspan=2 | 2
| rowspan=2 | Eagle River/Chugiak | Kevin Cross | 2022 | 2025 |
Scott Myers
| 2023 | 2026 |
rowspan=2 | 3
| rowspan=2 | West Anchorage | Kameron Perez-Verdia | 2019 | 2025 |
Anna Brawley
| 2023 | 2026 |
rowspan=2 | 4
| rowspan=2 | Midtown | 2017 | 2026 |
Meg Zaletel
| 2019 | 2025 |
rowspan=2 | 5
| rowspan=2 | East Anchorage | George Martinez | 2023 | 2026 |
Karen Bronga
| 2023 | 2025 |
rowspan=2 | 6
| rowspan=2 | South Anchorage/Girdwood | Zac Johnson | 2023 | 2026 |
Randy Sulte
| 2022 | 2025 |
- {{dagger}}: 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 Senate 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
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External links
- [https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Documents/2021-0706%20Honor%20Roll-Assembly%20Members.pdf List of previous Assembly members]
Category:Government of Anchorage, Alaska
Category:Government agencies with year of establishment missing
Category:Local government in Alaska
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