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Anchorage’s First Out Mayor Set To Take Office
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Austin Quinn-Davidson will serve as acting mayor of Anchorage starting on Friday after Mayor Ethan Berkowitz& #39;s resignation ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ethan-berkowitz-anchorage-mayor-resigns-tv-anchorwoman-threats/).">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/etha... Quinn-Davidson, 40, is an attorney who was first elected to the Assembly in 2018.
She will be the first woman and openly gay person to serve as mayor or acting mayor of Anchorage, CBS affiliate KTVA-TV reported ( https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2020/10/19/austin-quinn-davidson-weighs-in-on-her-path-to-becoming-acting-mayor-and-the-road-ahead/).">https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2020/10/1...
The city& #39;s charter states that the chair of its Assembly will serve as acting mayor during a vacancy. The Assembly voted Friday to appoint Quinn-Davidson as the new chair, replacing Felix Rivera.
Berkowitz resigned after admitting to having an inappropriate relationship with a female reporter ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ehtan-berkowitz-anchorage-mayor-resignation-reporter-maria-athens-arrested-details/) three">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ehta... days after she made online allegations against the married official.
Municipal attorney Kate Vogel said at the meeting Friday that the city& #39;s charter is ambiguous as to how a permanent mayor should be selected. She said the Assembly has a few legally defensible choices on how to proceed.
One would be to hold a special election ( https://www.cbsnews.com/race-to-2020/ ) in">https://www.cbsnews.com/race-to-2... January, 90 days after Berkowitz& #39;s resignation takes effect. The second option would be to skip a special election and have Quinn-Davidson serve as acting mayor until the regular election scheduled for April.
If Rivera had been chosen acting mayor, he would have been the city& #39;s first openly gay mayor. Rivera would also have been the first Latino mayor and at age 31, the youngest.
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