1981 Anchorage mayoral election

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

Results

First round

Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Tony Knowles	20,090	39.58
	Nonpartisan	Joe L. Hayes	20,059	39.51
	Nonpartisan	Dave Walsh	10,090	19.88
	Nonpartisan	Matt Hammer	419	0.83
	Nonpartisan	Drew M. Angel	144	0.28
Total votes			50,764

Runoff

Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Tony Knowles	24,539	53.34
	Nonpartisan	Joe L. Hayes	21,463	46.66
Total votes			46,002

References

^ ^a ^b "October 4, 1981 REGULAR ELECTION" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "RUN-OFF ELECTION OF 10/27/81 MAYORAL ELECTION" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
^ "Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. November 6, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

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Results

First round

Runoff

References

See also