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Former Democratic state representative Les Gara and Jessica Cook came in second place, with 23.06% of the vote; independent former Alaska governor Bill Walker and Heidi Drygas finished in third place with 22.77% of the vote. Dunleavy and Dahlstrom won the general election in the first round of ranked-choice voting with 50.29% of the vote.
The number of elections in Alaska (Iñupiaq: Alaaskam naliġagviat) varies by year, but typically municipal elections occur every year, plus primary and general elections for federal and state offices occur during even-numbered years. Alaska has a gubernatorial election every four years.
2024 Alaska State House of Representatives election Primary election – August 20, 2024 [5] Party Votes % Candidates Advanced to general Seats contesting Republican: 51,614 53.22% 44 39 29 Democratic: 27,528 28.39% 24 24 20 Independent: 15,732 16.22% 14 12 10 Libertarian: 1,204 1.24% 3 3 3 Independence: 587 0.61% 1 1 1 Veterans of Alaska 309 0 ...
Since Alaska's admission to the Union in January 1959, [1] [2] it has participated in 16 United States presidential elections, always having 3 electoral votes.In the 1960 presidential election, Alaska was narrowly won by the Republican Party's candidate and incumbent vice president Richard Nixon, defeating the Democratic Party's candidate John F. Kennedy by a margin of just 1.88% (1,144 votes).
After the passage of Ballot Measure 2 in 2020, this was the first U.S. Senate election in Alaska to be held under a new election process. All candidates ran in a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary on August 16, 2022, and the top four candidates advanced to the general election, where voters utilized ranked-choice voting. [2] [3]
A $9.7 million Martin County home with 5 bedrooms and 6½ bathrooms was the most expensive sold in October. See photos of other top home sales.
The 2022 Alaska Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, with the primary elections being held on August 16, 2022. [1] State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate, with half of the seats normally up for election every two years. [ 2 ]
The 2020 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alaska, concurrently with the nationwide presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.