1981 Anchorage mayoral election

1981 Anchorage mayoral election
October 4, 1981 (first round)
October 27, 1981 (runoff)
 
Candidate Tony Knowles Joe L. Hayes Dave Walsh
First-round vote 20,090 20,059 10,090
First-round percentage 39.58% 39.51% 19.88%
Second-round vote 24,539 21,463
Second-round percentage 53.34% 46.66%
Mayor before election

George M. Sullivan
Republican

 Elected mayor

Tony Knowles
Democratic

The 1981 Anchorage mayoral election was held on October 4 and October 27, 1981, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Tony Knowles.

Since no candidate had received 40% of the vote in the first round(which at least one candidate was required to obtain to avoid a runoff), a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.

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