2009 Anchorage mayoral election

The 2009 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 7 and May 5, 2009, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Since no candidate reached a 45% plurality needed to win outright, the top-two candidates advanced to a runoff. Fifteen candidates competed, with former State Rep. Eric Croft and former Anchorage Assemblyman Dan Sullivan proceeding to the runoff election, which Sullivan won with 57% of the vote.^[3]

2009 Anchorage mayoral election

← 2006 April 7, 2009 (first round)[1] May 5, 2009 (runoff)[2] 2012 →
Turnout	29.67% (first round) 22.35% (runoff)
Candidate Dan Sullivan Eric Croft Sheila Selkregg First-round vote 25,262 11,432 9,473 First-round percentage 43.38% 19.63% 16.27% Second-round vote 31,194 28,812 Second-round percentage 56.71% 43.29%   Candidate Walt Monegan Matt Claman First-round vote 5,063 3,325 First-round percentage 8.69% 5.71%
Runoff results by precinct:
Mayor before election Matt Claman (acting) Democratic Elected Mayor Dan Sullivan Republican