With days remaining until Alaska’s primary election concludes on Tuesday, candidates and voters are still figuring out the significance of a primary that in most races will not eliminate a single candidate.
Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) is the sole representative of the Last Frontier State, with her survival in Tuesday’s primary relying on her centrist standing among Democrats and a unique voting system that has prevented Republicans from winning seats perceived as easy pick-ups in the past.
Key primary races will kick off in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming next week as the 2024 primary cycle wraps up. In Florida, a noteworthy Senate race is about to be solidified. Meanwhile, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) battles a challenger backed by his political nemesis,
Alaska voters are set to shrink the pool of contenders for its highly sought-after U.S. House seat from a dozen candidates to just four.
The Alaska Division of Elections is using a new tool this year in an attempt to avoid the kinds of ballot-counting problems that have occurred during previous elections.
With just a handful of states left to hold their primaries in 2024, Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming are up next on Tuesday to see who will win the Democratic or Republican nominations for House and Senate seats.
With days remaining before Alaska's Aug. 20 primary election, Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola continues to maintain a massive fundraising lead ahead of two Republican challengers. Peltola's haul of nearly $780,
Friday was the deadline for Alaskans to request that an absentee ballot be mailed to them, but voters can request an emailed ballot through Aug. 19.
The contest for Interior Alaska's House District 36 has more candidates than any other legislative race this year.
The contest for Interior Alaska’s House District 36 has more candidates than any other legislative race this year.
Splitting endorsements — which carry the promise of campaign funding — between Begich and Dahlstrom could lead to a repeat of 2022, when bickering between two GOP candidates — Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin — allowed Peltola to pull away with the win in the first year that Alaska’s top-four voting system was put to use.
With days remaining until Alaska's primary election concludes on Tuesday, candidates and voters are still figuring out the significance of a primary that in most races will not eliminate a single candidate.