Redistricting has pitted two Anchorage Democrats against each other for a House seat, creating a contest between incumbents who share political views and many endorsements. Via AlaskaBeacon
, who has represented a more downtown district since 2019, is headed for a tight finish, if results from the primary are any indication. In that Aug. 16 election, Fields wound up with 51.2% of the vote to Drummond’s 48.8%, a margin of just 91 votes.
“Folks that are in the Legislature as their first elected position so often don’t look beyond the borders of their district as to how their decisions are impacting people,” she said. Additionally, Drummond says, she has experience running a business, a graphic design company in her case. “I know what it’s like to make a payroll,” she said.
He said he has “an obligation to vote strategically” and deliver the most positive impacts for the people in the district. The new district ranges from the west, with three blocks of Spenard, a part of town with a distinctly eclectic character, to the east, where it includes half of Eastridge, a condominium neighborhood long associated with the Airport Heights Community Council, Drummond pointed out.
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