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GOP candidates’ lackluster campaigning buoyed by Americans for Prosperity

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Americans for Prosperity Alaska has spent more than $100,000 to boost Republicans in the state legislature race.
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Republicans run ‘fake Democrats’ to muddle Alaska primaries

Commentary The Alaska Current -
Republicans are trying to outmaneuver the state's new open primaries and ranked-choice voting system.
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Alaska’s pre-primary election turnout is down from extraordinary 2022 and 2020 primaries

Elections James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
Voter turnout for Alaska's Aug. 20 primary is lower than the past two elections but higher than in 2018 and 2016, the last primaries without extraordinary factors.
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Republicans are trying out some weird things in Alaska’s primary election

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska Republicans are attempting to bypass open primaries and regain influence by installing "fake Democrat" candidates while pressuring Republican candidates to sign withdrawal pledges.
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Closed voting centers are just the latest barrier for voters in rural Alaska

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Voters in rural Alaska have faced longstanding issues around voting, including higher rates of by-mail absentee ballot rejections.
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Early and absentee voting is now open for Alaska’s primary election

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Absentee and early voting started Monday for Alaska’s Aug. 20 primary election.
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Murkowski says Trump’s lies about Harris’ Black identity are the latest sign of a troubled campaign

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
On Wednesday, Trump had a spectacular meltdown on the stage of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Progressive challengers lead in key Anchorage-area legislative races

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Progressive candidates hold big fundraising leads in several key legislative races on this year’s ballot, including several rematches of races narrowly lost to Republicans in 2022.
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Effort to repeal Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting headed to state Supreme Court

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The controversy-marked effort to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked-choice voting system is headed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
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Murkowski says Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comments are ‘offensive’

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Other Republican legislators have tried to brush past the comments, and Trump has tried to downplay them as a sign of Vance's strong support for families.
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