October 12, 1987 (first round)[1] November 3, 1987 (runoff)[2]
1990 →
Turnout
52.46% (runoff)[2]
Candidate
Tom Fink
Dave Walsh
H. A. "Red" Boucher
First-round vote
15,666
18,200
12,346
First-round percentage
30.30%
35.20%
23.88%
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30,962
23,214
Second-round percentage
57.15%
42.85%
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Larry Baker
First-round vote
3,342
First-round percentage
6.46%
Mayor before election
Tony Knowles
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Elected Mayor
Tom Fink
Republican
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The 1987 Anchorage mayoral election was held on October 12 and November 3, 1987, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Tom Fink.
Incumbent mayor Tony Knowles was term-limited.
Since at no candidate 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 of the first round.[3][4]
^"MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE REGULAR ELECTION OCTOBER 6, 1987 SUMMARY REPORT REPORT NUMBER 21" (PDF). Anchorage, Alaska. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
^ ab"MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE TALLY SHEET RUN–OFF ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1987 OFFICIAL RESULTS REGULAR, ABSENTEE AND QUESTIONED BALLOTS" (PDF). Anchorage, Alaska. November 3, 1987. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
^"Anchorage Alaska A.O. No. 2007-152" (PDF). Municipality of Anchorage. November 6, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
^"Fink Changes Stance on Using Permanent Fund". Newspapers.com. Daily Sitka Sentinel. Associated Press. October 15, 1987. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
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