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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.
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.
Alaska Ballot Measure 2 was a ballot initiative that was voted on in the November 5, 2024, general election. The ballot measure narrowly failed to pass. [1] [2]If enacted, it would have repealed Alaska's electoral system of ranked-choice voting and nonpartisan blanket primaries, which was enacted by Alaska Measure 2 from 2020, and return the state to partisan primaries and plurality voting.
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 ...
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 ...
Alaska Measure 2 was a ballot initiative narrowly approved by voters in Alaska as part of the 2020 United States elections. The proposal switched Alaska's primary system to a non-partisan blanket primary. The top four candidates progress to the general election, which is conducted with ranked-choice voting. Voting for U.S. president will ...
Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in Alaska's U.S. House primary last week can advance to November's ranked choice general election. Matthew Salisbury, a Republican ...
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 ...