1987 Anchorage mayoral election 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% Second-round vote 30,962 23,214 Second-round percentage 57.15% 42.85% Candidate Larry Baker First-round vote 3,342 First-round percentage 6.46%
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]
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