1987 Anchorage mayoral election
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, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers of the first round.
Candidates
- Larry Baker
- H. A. "Red" Boucher, member of the Alaska House of Representatives, former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, and former mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska
- Tom Fink, former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives and Republican nominee for governor of Alaska in 1982
- Bud Knox
- Paul Honeman
- Tom O'Shaughnessy
- J. E. Stonerock
- Mike "Mafia Mike" Von Gnatensky
- Dave Walsh