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Latest Election News

Republican opposition kills bill intended to fix Alaska’s absentee voting problems

James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - 0
Senate Bill 64 passed the Senate this week, but the House doesn’t have enough time to address it, legislators said.

The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: Three’s a Crowd

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The race for Alaska’s next governor grew a bit larger this week with the entrance of right-wing organizer and former talk radio personality Bernadette Wilson.

A way-too-early power ranking of Alaska’s gubernatorial race

The race to be Alaska’s next governor kicked off this week when two Republicans filed the paperwork to begin fundraising and campaigning.

Misinformed by election officials, American Samoans in Alaska now face prosecution

Felony charges have swept through Whittier’s American Samoan community after an anonymous complaint prompted a state investigation. The residents are U.S. nationals, and community leaders say they were provided incorrect guidance by election officials.

Alaska House approves campaign finance limits to rein in wild west of spending

Alaska’s state campaigns have operated without any campaign finance limits since a federal judge struck them down in 2021.

Anchorage voters reject extreme-right candidates in Tuesday’s election

Progressive-leaning incumbents on the Anchorage Assembly and School Board handily defeated far-right challengers.

Anchorage Municipal Election: Deadlines, ballot measures and voting info

Anchorage voters will have the chance to weigh in on key local races and ballot measures in the upcoming April 1st municipal election. How...

Signatures can be gathered for 2026 repeal vote on Alaska voting system, lieutenant governor says

Less than four months after Alaska voters rejected a ballot measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system, the state’s lieutenant governor has OK’d a new petition-gathering effort to repeal the system. 

Alaska campaign regulators slap anti-open primary groups with another round of hefty fines

The sprawling campaign behind the failed voter initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting system has continued to lie to the public about how it was funded.

Dunleavy’s election reform bill would restrict early and mail-in voting

The roughly two-week timeline for determining the outcome of razor-thin races is nothing new in Alaska elections, but several close, high-profile races in recent years are pushing politicians in Juneau toward significant election reform during this legislative session. 

Recount affirms survival of Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting system

The Alaska Division of Elections completed the recount of Ballot Measure 2 on Monday.

Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting survive by slightly larger margin in finalized count

The Alaska Division of Elections was busy over the holiday break with completing the certification of the state’s election on Saturday.

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Sullivan’s Memorial Day speech prompts rebuke from Alaska veteran

Dermot Cole - 0
On May 26th, 2025, I attended the remembrance of our Veterans on Memorial Day at the Wasilla Wall of Honor.

Did the Dunleavy administration cut sweetheart tax deals with oil companies? Legislators are trying to find out.

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
Alaska legislative leaders are demanding Dunleavy address an “overall pattern of peculiarities” in the state’s collection of oil and gas tax.

GOP refusal to balance their budget puts AIDEA and state scholarship fund on the chopping block

The impact on both AIDEA operations and the state’s scholarship program under either scenario isn’t immediately clear.

Alaska Legislature passed a law capping predatory payday loans. Republicans said it was anti-freedom

A long-running effort to protect Alaskans from predatory payday loan schemes cleared the Alaska Legislature in its closing days.

Nearly 50 Years at DIPAC Hatchery

Next year, Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Macaulay Salmon Hatchery will be celebrating its 50th anniversary.

‘Valid and valuable.’ Legislators signal support for international teachers filling Alaska’s classroom vacancies

Most of the country has faced shortages of teachers in recent years, but the impact has been particularly acute in rural Alaska.

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