John Weddleton, who represents District 6 on the Anchorage Assembly, is facing two challengers in his bid for a third term.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The two challengers in the District 6 race for the Anchorage Assembly are trying to prevent the incumbent from getting elected to a third term — both think the assembly is broken and needs to be fixed.
“It just seems that rather than giving Mayor Bronson a hand or advice, they just threw up barriers,” Sulte said. “We saw a lot of vetoes and we saw a lot of veto overrides.”Both men think they can do a better job of representing their district’s voters than the incumbent. Weddleton, who considers himself a moderate, doesn’t see it that way. He said he has a good relationship with both the assembly members and the mayor’s office.
”It’s an exciting time to be on the assembly right now,” he said. “We’re doing a lot of big things, you know, we’ve got a path forward with the port. We’re doing big things with the homeless, and you know things will be better when we get out of Sullivan Arena and create a structure that will augment what we’ve had.”