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The primary election will occur on August 18, 2026. [1] Incumbent Nick Begich III was elected with 51.22% of the vote in 2024, narrowly defeating then-incumbent Mary Peltola, the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the House since 1972. [2] [3] [4] The race will be conducted using ranked-choice voting.
From the first time it was used, in a 2022 special election to fill the state's sole congressional seat, Alaska's RCV system came under fire from Republicans: Former Gov. Sarah Palin, a candidate ...
Opponents of Alaska’s ranked-choice system are renewing their efforts to overhaul the voting method ahead of 2026 after an effort to undo the system narrowly failed last month. Two groups ...
None of the four candidates on the general election ballot drew a majority of first place votes Tuesday in Alaska’s ranked choice voting system, meaning another tabulation will be needed to ...
So Peltola looks to have a good shot at being re-elected under ranked choice — or any other ordinary voting system. It’s a close race, and the outcome is far from certain, but that’s the way ...
A 2006 law established that ranked-choice voting would be used when judicial vacancies were created between a primary election and sixty days before a general election. The law also established a pilot program for RCV for up to 10 cities in 2007 and up to 10 counties for 2008; to be monitored and reported to the 2007–2008 General Assembly ...
On Tuesday, for the first time, Alaska voters will use ranked-choice voting -- and it'll be for a special general election to fill the state's only House seat following the death of Republican Rep ...
Under Alaska's open primary system, the top four vote-getters advance to the ranked choice general election. Only the frontrunners — Peltola, Dahlstrom and Begich — have reported raising money.