BIG day in Anchorage, Alaska ~ Tuesday, April 4th ~ 2006 Mayor's Race!

[snowbear]

And with all of the Diebold problems we encountered during the '04 U.S. Senate and Presidential election... I am a little concerned.

We have an extremely popular Mayor, born and raised in Anchorage with a 70-something % approval rating. He's a Democrat, but unlike the Republican Mayor before him, when he took office, he evaluated each of his top muni-positions (fire chief, police chief, etc....) and allowed people of all political persuasions to remain in in their jobs depending on how well they had been conducting their job. He is VERY well respected!!!

Our mayor has added 40 new police officers during his first term, several new fire departments, fixed problem roads and had TONS of new projects in the works, and his list of accomplishments is too long!! IN short, there's a reason he has such an HIGH approval rating here!

http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/graphics/photos/Begich_Mark!28.JPG
Mark Begich, Democrat, Mayor of Anchorage

..is running against:


Jack Frost, prawn salesman for a local seafood market, radio personality, and major wingnut with -0- political experience

Wish us LUCK !!! ~~~ Mark should win this one easily!

*** Anchorage Daily News Endorses Mayor Mark Begich: ***
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/7588781p-7499958c.html

I do not trust the Diebold machines though, so I'm worried...

Anchorage, Alaska ~ population (approx) 300K


** I'll try to bump this up tomorrow night as our results start rolling in!

[roguevalley]

1. GO, MARK! I love the Begichs. I know Nick very well. Good dems, all.

[d_b]

2. Getting up nice and early myself

Go Begich!

And when the hell is he going to get the congress seat back for his father, hmm? ;-)

[nicknameless]

3. Good luck!

Please keep us posted. :)

[snowbear]

4. 54 out of 122 precincts reporting so far...

And our awesome mayor is in the lead!!

Mayor -- 54 of 122 precincts reporting (44%)
Mark Begich (I) 15,821 55%
Jack Frost 11,881 42%
Nick Moe 718 3%
Thomas Higgins 161 1%

http://www.ktuu.com/decision2006/

KEEP THE LEAD MAYOR !!!!

[nicknameless]

7. Hey, why aren't you over here woo-hooing? :)

Congratulations! :toast:

[nicknameless]

5. "Voters give Begich 3 more years" WOO-HOO!!!

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/anchorage/city_election/story/7598349p-7509584c.html

Mayor Mark Begich won re-election Tuesday night after an aggressive, monthlong blitz of criticism from challenger Jack Frost.

Begich said he was humbled by his margin of victory: about 13 percentage points, with all but absentee and questioned ballots counted.

"Far more than anticipated," he said.

:toast: :bounce: :applause: :woohoo:

[Amaryllis]

6. do you have paperless Diebold machines? Can you get recounts?

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Yay, Mark!!

Woo-hoo....

Hey, that picture of Anchorage looks almost like mine.