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Under Alaska's recently adopted election system, the state conducted a nonpartisan blanket primary. Murkowski finished first (with 45.05% of the vote), ahead of Republican Kelly Tshibaka (38.55%), Democrat Pat Chesbro (6.82%), and Republican Buzz Kelly (2.13%). Murkowski, Tshibaka, Chesbro, and Kelly all advanced to the ranked-choice general ...
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).
The legislative district conventions were held on the four consecutive Saturdays from February 8 to 29 to select delegates to the Alaska State Republican Convention. At the Alaska State Republican Convention, which took place from April 2 to April 4, 2020, the state party formally bound all 29 of its national pledged delegates to Trump. [12]
The last frontier’s single seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is up for grabs during the state primary, with incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native person ever elected to ...
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.
The state of Alaska has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. [1] This is the first presidential election following the state's adoption of Measure 2, which institutes ranked-choice voting for all statewide general elections. [2]
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 ...
Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola won reelection to a full term in office, defeating Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III and Libertarian Chris Bye in the runoff count. [1] This was the second race in Alaska held under the 2020 Measure 2 election procedure.