Municipality of Anchorage

Our recommendation is below. This candidate supports collective bargaining and apprentice utilization.

Suzanne LaFrance

Mayor

Ballots for the run off Anchorage Municipal election for Mayor are due by May 14th! Make sure you get yours in by either dropping it off at a drop box or mailing it with 87 cents of postage (2 forever stamps). For more information, visit the municipal website.

Read more about Suzanne and her plans for Anchorage at her website https://www.votesuzanne.com/

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Municipality of Anchorage Election

Ballots must be postmarked by April 1, 2025

Local 1547 endorses the following candidates for the upcoming April 1 election:

District 1: Dan Volland

District 3: Kameron Perez-Verdia

District 4: Erin Baldwin-Day

District 5: Yarrow Silvers

School Board Seat A: Margo Bellamy

School Board Seat B: Kelly Lessens

We recommend a Yes vote on the bonds.
More information on the bonds and voting can be found at https://www.muni.org/departments/assembly/clerk/elections/Pages/default.aspx

Endorsements are made based upon candidate's past voting records, answers to questionnaires, candidate interviews, support of collective bargaining, apprenticeship utilization, Project Labor and Community Workforce Agreements.

More information on utility election endorsements coming soon.

Ketchikan City Council recommended endorsements

Three-year seats - Sven Westergard and Ashley Snyder

One-year seat - No endorsement

City Ballot Propositions - 1: Yes

Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly - Tim Montomgery and Dan Ortiz

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District - Frances Klein

Borough Ballot Propositions - 1: IBEW 1547 did not take a position

This member-to-member communication is paid for by IBEW 1547, 3333 Denali St., STE 200, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.

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