1981 Anchorage mayoral election

1981 Anchorage mayoral election

October 4, 1981 (first round) October 27, 1981 (runoff)

Candidate Tony Knowles Joe L. Hayes Dave Walsh First-round vote 20,090 20,059 10,090 First-round percentage 39.58% 39.51% 19.88% Second-round vote 24,539 21,463 Second-round percentage 53.34% 46.66%

Mayor before election George M. Sullivan Republican Elected mayor Tony Knowles Democratic

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), a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.

Results

First round

Results

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

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