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Marcus Sanders
Marcus Sanders (Republican Party) ran for election to the Alaska State Senate to represent District G. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Sanders was born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1982, and attended East High School. His professional experience includes working as an associate pastor at the Greater Friendship Baptist Church and as an employee at Wendler Middle School. Sanders has experience in the following organizations:[1]
- Fairview Community Council Executive Board
- Shiloh Community Housing Executive Board
- Rogers Park Community Council
- Mayor’s Board of Commissions Naming Panel
- Anchorage Community Police Relations Taskforce
- Chaplain, Anchorage Police and Anchorage Fire Department
- Chaplain, Department of Corrections Chaplain Ministry
- Mentor, Alaska Military Youth Academy
- Mentor, Shiloh Young Lions
Elections
2022
See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Alaska State Senate District G
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Elvi Gray-Jackson in round 1 .
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Total votes: 11,199 |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alaska State Senate District G
Incumbent Elvi Gray-Jackson and Marcus Sanders advanced from the primary for Alaska State Senate District G on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elvi Gray-Jackson (D) | 57.5 | 4,552 |
| ✔ |  | Marcus Sanders (R) | 42.5 | 3,365 |
| Total votes: 7,917 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kathy Henslee (R)
2021
See also: Anchorage School District, Alaska, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Anchorage School District Board of Education Seat F
Dora Wilson defeated Kim Paulson, Marcus Sanders, and Dan Loring in the general election for Anchorage School District Board of Education Seat F on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dora Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 44.5 | 28,779 |
| Kim Paulson (Nonpartisan) | 33.4 | 21,606 | ||
| Marcus Sanders (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 10,257 | |
| Dan Loring (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 3,345 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 655 | ||
| Total votes: 64,642 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Andrew Josephson defeated Marcus Sanders in the general election for Alaska House of Representatives District 17 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Josephson (D) | 59.5 | 3,171 |
| Marcus Sanders (R) | 40.3 | 2,148 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 5,332 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 17
Marcus Sanders advanced from the Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 17 on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcus Sanders | 100.0 | 821 |
| Total votes: 821 | |||
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Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary election
Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Andrew Josephson advanced from the Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 17 on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Josephson | 100.0 | 914 |
| Total votes: 914 | |||
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2017
The city of Anchorage, Alaska, held elections for city council on April 4, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 10, 2017. Six of the 11 city council seats were up for election.[2] Felix Rivera defeated Don Smith, Marcus Sanders, and Ron Alleva in the Anchorage Assembly, District 4-Seat G general election.[3]
| Anchorage Assembly, District 4, Seat G General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Felix Rivera |
47.42% | 3,589 |
| Don Smith | 29.28% | 2,216 |
| Marcus Sanders | 12.90% | 976 |
| Ron Alleva | 9.51% | 720 |
| Write-in votes | 0.89% | 67 |
| Total Votes | 7,568 | |
| Source: Municipality of Anchorage, "Municipal Election Official Results," April 18, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marcus Sanders did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Marcus Sanders did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
