1994 Anchorage mayoral election

The 1994 Anchorage mayoral election was held on May 2 and May 17, 1994, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw the election of Rick Mystrom.

1994 Anchorage mayoral election

← 1990 May 2, 1994 (first-round)[1] May 17, 1994 (runoff)[2] 1997 →

Candidate Rick Mystrom Mark Begich Craig Campbell First-round vote 15,049 13,533 12,018 First-round percentage 21.78% 19.58% 17.39% Second-round vote 29,546 21,046 Second-round percentage 58.40% 41.60%   Candidate Jim Kubitz Heather Flynn Joyce Murphy First-round vote 7,594 6,896 6,181 First-round percentage 10.99% 9.98% 8.94%   Candidate Virginia Collins First-round vote 4,260 First-round percentage 6.16%

Mayor before election Tom Fink Republican Elected Mayor Rick Mystrom Republican

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),^[3] a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.