2021 Anchorage mayoral election

2021 Anchorage mayoral election

April 6, 2021 (first round)
May 11, 2021 (runoff)
Turnout31.88% (first round)
38.35% (runoff)
 
Candidate Dave Bronson Forrest Dunbar Bill Falsey
First round 24,567
32.96%
23,054
30.93%
9,551
12.82%
Runoff 45,937
50.66%
44,744
49.34%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Bill Evans Mike Robbins
First round 7,073
9.49%
5,766
7.74%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated


Runoff results by precinct:

Mayor before election

Austin Quinn-Davidson
Independent

Elected Mayor

Dave Bronson
Republican

The 2021 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 6, 2021, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. As no candidate received at least 45% of the vote in the first round, the two candidates with the highest vote share, Forrest Dunbar and Dave Bronson, advanced to a runoff on May 11. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent independent acting mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson, first appointed to the position in October 2020, was eligible to run for reelection to a full term, but did not run. The deadline to register to vote in the first round was March 7. Mail-in ballots were sent out starting on March 15. On May 21, 2021, after a narrow loss, Dunbar conceded the race to Bronson. Bronson was sworn in on July 1.