DISTRICT 1 (North Anchorage)
Redistricting Changes
North Anchorage gained parts of Russian Jack, Wonder Park, Ptarmigan, Fireweed, and Spenard (see article).
Assemblyman Christopher Constant
Chris Constant, Vice-Chair of the Assembly, is running for his third and final term. Constant first won his seat in an open race in 2017 with 52% of the vote. Constant ran unopposed for his second term. Under new municipal voting district lines thanks to the passage of Proposition 12, which Constant championed, he will be competing in a district that is roughly 50% different from his previous one.
Nick Danger
Nick Danger is a perennial conservative candidate who has run for several offices, most recently against now-Rep. Alyse Galvin for State House. Danger is a former professional wrestler, actor, stunt man, and former union operating engineer. He has also served on public safety commissions and the Girdwood Board of Supervisors. Danger often discusses crime, supports a city sales tax, and is critical of the current Assembly. According to campaign finance records, Danger didn’t raise a single cent in his State House race.
John Trueblood
John Trueblood is a project manager at Steelhead Communications, a telecommunications company. Trueblood is a registered Republican. According to APOC, his only political donation on record is to Stephanie Taylor, a conservative backed by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and the Mountain City Church (formerly known as the Anchorage Baptist Temple), who ran against now-State Sen. Forrest Dunbar for his Eastside Assembly seat.
DISTRICT 2 [Eagle River-Chugiak-JBER)
Redistricting Changes
Eagle River-Chugiak lost all of Northeast Muldoon. This seat is available because former Assemblywoman Jamie Allard vacated her seat after being elected to the Legislature. Allard served a single term on the Assembly.
Jim Arlington
Jim Arlington is a former member of the Anchorage School Board (1992-1993) and now works in marketing with the Afognak Native Corporation. Arlington has been a land manager for 30 years, primarily working with oil and gas leases. Arlington ran for State Senate in 2014, losing to former Rep. Anna Fairclough. When Allard left her Eagle River-Chugiak Assembly seat to go to Juneau, Arlington was one of 10 who applied to fill the remainder of her term (Robin Dern was selected).
Scott Myers
Scott Myers is a real estate broker with RE/MAX and president of the Southfork Community Council in Eagle River. According to his website, he is running as a conservative and has been endorsed by Bronson and Allard. Myers also filed to fill the remainder of Allard’s term in January.
DISTRICT 3 (West Anchorage)
Redistricting Changes
Lost parts of Arctic and Spenard; gained the Bayshore/Klatt area (see article).
Current Assemblywoman Austin Quinn-Davidson, who won a special election in 2018 and
was elected for a full term in 2020, will not be running for reelection. Quinn-Davidson was appointed Anchorage Mayor in October of 2020 following the effective resignation of former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. She did not run in the 2021 mayoral election and returned to the Assembly in July, 2021 after Bronson took office.
Anna Brawley
Anna Brawley is a city planner working for Agnew::Beck, a planning and development consulting firm. Her work includes modernizing alcohol licensing laws and zoning improvements like removing excess parking requirements. Additionally, Brawley served as President of the Turnagain Community Council and Chair of the Anchorage Budget Advisory Commission.
Brian Flynn
Brian Flynn is a real estate manager. His wife, Rachelle Algers, is the director of the purchasing department under Mayor Bronson. Flynn and Algers own a coffee shop together, and Flynn considers himself a fiscal conservative. Flynn is backed by Bronson and was an active member of the right-wing group Save Anchorage until he filed.
Dustin Darden
Dustin Darden is a perennial candidate that has ran for Assembly, mayor, and legislature several times. Darden is well-known as a routine disruptor at Assembly meetings and for advocating that Anchorage remove the fluoride from the city’s water supply. His constant runs for office have made him a “spoiler” candidate. In 2018, he ran as a Democrat for State House in Sand Lake and received 12% of the vote. Darden split votes with moderate Rep. Jason Grenn, helping Republican Sara Rasmussen win the seat. Darden is registered with the pro-secessionist Alaska Independence Party.
DISTRICT 4 (Midtown)
Redistricting Changes
Midtown lost parts of Dimond, Airport Heights, and Fireweed. It gained parts of Spenard and Arctic (see article).
Assemblyman Felix Rivera
Felix Rivera is running for his third and final term. Rivera was Chair of the Assembly at the start of the pandemic, and now chairs the Committee on Housing and Homelessness. In 2020, Rivera, a registered Democrat, came within 179 votes of losing to Save Anchorage candidate Christine Hill. In 2021, he beat a recall attempt launched by Russell Briggs of Save Midtown and Save Anchorage by 13 points.
Travis Szanto
Travis Szanto owns Skyworks LLC, a carpentry business. He’s a registered Republican and a political newcomer, having voted in his first municipal election in 2022.
DISTRICT 5 (East Anchorage)
Redistricting Changes
East Anchorage lost Wonder Park, Russian Jack, and Ptarmigan. It gained parts of the U-Med. East Anchorage has two seats on the ballot, one filled for nearly two terms by former Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar. Dunbar was elected to the Legislature and vacated the seat in January. Former Student Board of Regent Joey Sweet was appointed to fill the remainder of his term.
The second seat was held by Assemblyman Pete Petersen for three terms. Petersen is termed out and retiring.
Seat H
Karen Bronga
Karen Bronga taught for the Anchorage School District for 20 years and now works part time as a research associate for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Bronga served on the Scenic Foothills Community Council for 10 years and is registered Undeclared.
Leigh Sloan 
Leigh Sloan is a former teacher, pastor, and Republican political consultant. Sloan has supported several Bronson-backed candidates including Stephanie Taylor. Sloan is a school choice and parents’ rights advocate.
Seat I
George Martinez
George Martinez is president of the Northeast Community Council and was the Special Assistant to Former Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. Martinez, a registered nonpartisan, was a plaintiff in the Alaska Supreme Court case striking down the illegal pairing of East Anchorage and Eagle River in the redistricting process. He has been endorsed by Assemblyman Pete Petersen and several labor unions.
Spencer Moore
Spencer Moore is an outreach director with Mountain City Church, formerly the Anchorage Baptist Temple. Moore was a regional representative for the Alaska Republican Party, and a district chairman for the old House District 21 in East Anchorage. During the 2021 redistricting cycle, Moore advocated for combining East Anchorage with Eagle River in one senate district, a pairing that was later ruled by a judge to be an unconstitutional gerrymander.
DISTRICT 6 (South Anchorage-Turnagain Arm-Girdwood)
Redistricting Changes
South Anchorage lost parts of Bayshore/Klatt and added parts of the east Dimond area. Seat K, the South Anchorage seat on the ballot, is held by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance, who is retiring after two terms. LaFrance, a registered nonpartisan, won reelection in 2020 by fewer than 400 votes. That same year, she ran and lost for State House against now-State Sen. James Kaufman.
Zac Johnson
Zac Johnson is a former U.S. Marine and Alaska State Trooper. Johnson is also a volunteer firefighter/EMT with Girdwood Volunteer Fire & Rescue. He is also on the board of the Hillside Community Council. Johnson is registered as Undeclared.
Rachel Ries
Rachel Ries is a former pilot and is currently a site lead with Puyenpa LLC, a construction consulting company. Ries ran unsuccessfully for the Anchorage School Board in 2021, losing with 42% of the vote to incumbent Kelly Lessens. Under the new district lines, Ries would have beat Lessens by 280 votes. She is supported by Mayor Bronson.
Disclosure: Robert Hockema is working for the Anna Brawley for Anchorage Assembly campaign.
