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Meda DeWitt, chair of Recall Dunleavy effort, files to run for governor

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Meda DeWitt, who chaired the effort to recall Governor Mike Dunleavy during his first term in office, is now the 17th candidate seeking the governor's office.
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Poll shows Sen. Dan Sullivan hits a new low with Alaskans

Elections The Alaska Current -
A new statewide poll suggests Alaska voters are becoming more skeptical of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan
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JKT hopes to bring the bipartisan coalition mindset to the governor’s office

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Sitka Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has officially joined the race for governor, making him the third Democrat and 16th candidate to join the race.
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Begich challenger Bill Hill makes a splash in congressional campaign launch

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Bill Hill, a longtime commercial fisherman and former superintendent of the Bristol Bay School District, joined the race to unseat GOP Rep. Nick Begich.
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As the State of Alaska remains hellbent on prosecuting Samoan US nationals for voting, Alaskans rally around Whittier couple

Courts Matt Acuña Buxton -
On a chilly Thursday afternoon outside the Boney Courthouse in downtown Anchorage, Tupe Smith and her husband, Mike Pese, were joined by members of Alaska’s Samoan community and those outraged by the state’s drive to make an example out...
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Poll: Peltola opens race for U.S. Senate with slight edge on Sullivan

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announced her plans to challenge right-wing Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan this week.
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She’s in. Mary Peltola will run for U.S. Senate, seeking to unseat Sullivan

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Frmer U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announced today she's running for U.S. Senate.
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Not surprisingly, Sullivan has nothing to say about Hegseth

Commentary Dermot Cole -
Sen. Dan Sullivan has absolutely nothing to say about Pete Hegseth and the military strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
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No, Anchorage isn’t turning to by-phone elections

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
The New York Times recently dropped into Anchorage to report on what it called “an experiment that feels both inevitable and impossibly futuristic."
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State of the Race: Polling-informed gubernatorial power rankings

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
A lot has happened since the last power rankings of the race for the next governor of Alaska.
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