The Anchorage Assembly is the governing body of Anchorage, Alaska. The Assembly has twelve members elected to three-year terms from six districts. It is responsible for creating and approving the city's annual budget, appropriating municipal funding, and managing elections. Seats in the Assembly are officially nonpartisan.
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Current composition
All 12 members are elected from geographic districts. All districts elect two members from designated area.
Notable former members
Mark Begich, former U.S. senator and mayor of Anchorage
Chris Birch, former member of the Alaska Legislature
H. A. Boucher, 2nd lieutenant governor of Alaska
W. E. Bradley, member of the Alaska Senate
Craig Campbell, 10th lieutenant governor of Alaska
Matt Claman, member of the Alaska Senate and former acting mayor of Anchorage
Eric Croft, former member of the Alaska House of Representatives
Harriet Drummond, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
Forrest Dunbar, member of the Alaska Senate
Fred Dyson, former member of the Alaska Legislature
Elvi Gray-Jackson, member of the Alaska Senate
Tony Knowles, 7th governor of Alaska and former mayor of Anchorage
Suzanne LaFrance, Mayor of Anchorage
Anna MacKinnon, former member of the Alaska Legislature
Kevin Meyer, 14th lieutenant governor of Alaska
Pete Petersen, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
Austin Quinn-Davidson, acting mayor of Anchorage
Lidia Selkregg, Italian-American geologist and professor of regional planning
Arliss Sturgulewski, former member of the Alaska Senate
Dan Sullivan, former three term Assembly member and two term Mayor of Anchorage
Charles Wohlforth, author and journalist
George Wuerch, former mayor of Anchorage