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A ballot measure was approved by voters which would increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027 and expand sick paid leave. The minimum wage in Alaska at the time of the election was $11.73 an hour, an inflation-adjusted amount of the $9.75 an hour minimum wage enacted after the passage of the 2014 Ballot Measure 3. [10] [11] [12]
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 [1] [2]If enacted, it would have repealed Alaska's electoral system of ranked-choice voting and nonpartisan blanket primaries, which was enacted by Alaska Measure 2 from 2020, and return the state to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.
The 2024 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 2, 2024, with a runoff election on May 14 because no candidate received more than 45% of the vote in the first round. It elected the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Incumbent Republican mayor Dave Bronson ran for re-election to a second term in office.
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May 2—JUNEAU — Last Wednesday, the Alaska Division of Elections mailed about 560,000 ballots for Alaska's first statewide by-mail election, the vote to temporarily fill the U.S. House seat ...
Alaska is the only Republican-leaning state on the West Coast. In 2020, Trump won Alaska, but by 10 percentage points, much less than Republicans in the past like George W. Bush's 26% victory in the state in 2004. Trump improved in virtually all of the state, particularly areas in the north and west with large Alaska Native populations.
Jul. 16—WASHINGTON — The work of Alaska's congressional delegation routinely involves pushing for the state's legislative priorities, delivering speeches, attending hearings and casting votes ...
2024 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15 Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Mia Costello: 4,543 : 51.5 : Democratic: Denny Wells 4,014 45.5 Democratic: Dustin Darden 242 2.8 Write-in: 17 0.2 Total votes 8,816 : 100.0 : Republican hold