Almost No Changes In Rank In Anchorage Mayor Race From Tuesday to Thursday

Here are the results from Tuesday night, Wednesday night, and Thursday night in the Anchorage Mayor's race.  There is almost no change in the rankings from night to night.  From Tuesday to Wednesday a couple of people traded ranks.  The biggest shift is due to a tie for 11th place on the first night.  There were NO changes in rank for the top eight candidates from night to night.

From Wednesday to Thursday there are no changes in rank.  

I'm guessing that, at least in part, this is due to mail in voting.  Instead of votes coming in from different precincts which often are more politically homogenous, they came in from all over.  

Mayor Race	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	-----------	----------	--------	------
EVANS, Bill	999    (4)	3,871  (4)	4,782 (4)
SWANK, Albert L., Jr	36  (9)	139 (10)	157 (10)
MARTINEZ, George	321 (6)	1,272  (6)	1,658 (6)
MOMIN, Reza	12  (11)	35  (13)	39 (13)
FALSEY, Bill	1,281 (3)	5,312  (3)	6,703  (3)
HERNDON, Heather	91   (7)	303    (7)	337  (7)
ANTHONY, Anna	63  (8)	190   (8)	233  (8)
BRONSON, David	3,116  (2)	12,986  (2)	15,953 (2)
BROWN, Jeffrey	33  (10)	147   (9)	196  (9)
VERSTEEG, Jacob	11  (12)	31  (14)	35  (14)
ROBBINS, Mike	745   (5)	3,097   (5)	3,766 (5)
DUNBAR, Forrest	3,701 (1)	13,711 (1)	16,458 (1)
COLBRY, Darin	8  (14)	18  (15)	21 (15)
WESTFALL, Joe	12 (11)	48  (11)	61  (11)
KERN, Jacob Seth	9  (13)	38   (12)	41 (12)
Total	10,438	41,198	50,430

Looking at the numbers  makes me wonder about the standards for getting on the ballot.  I think we wasted a time at candidate forums by having candidates who couldn't even get 100 votes out of 50,000.  While I do think candidates without a chance of winning can add different points of view to the debate, having too many candidates at a forum means the public gets to question the main candidates less.  

I wanted to do the same thing for the other races, but I needed to think this through better technically before I started.  But I'll leave Wednesday night totals for the recall and school board races below.  I don't think there are any changes in rank, but some races tightened, others widened. 

You can get to the totals for each night on the Municipal Election Page.

Candidate	Party	Total
YES		3,417	42.34%
NO		4,653	57.66%
Total Votes		8,070

Candidate	Party	Total
ELEDGE, Judy Norton		16,697	37.28%
STEWART, Marilyn		5,240	11.70%
COX, Mark Anthony		5,051	11.28%
LESSENS, Kelly		17,801	39.74%
Total Votes		44,789

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		371

Candidate	Party	Total
HIGGINS, Pat		15,188	34.06%
HILDE, Alisha		5,780	12.96%
BLATCHFORD, Edgar		3,624	8.13%
BLAKESLEE, Rachel		4,426	9.92%
GRAHAM, Sami		13,905	31.18%
WILLIAMS, Nial Sherwood		1,673	3.75%
Total Votes		44,596

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		383

Candidate	Party	Total
SANDERS, Marcus		6,988	15.92%
PAULSON, Kim		14,321	32.64%
LORING, Dan		2,374	5.41%
WILSON, Dora		20,199	46.03%
Total Votes		43,882

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		423

Candidate	Party	Total
VAKALIS, Elisa		20,641	48.20%
JACOBS, Carl		22,186	51.80%
Total Votes		42,827

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		737