Election reform was on the ballot – voters largely said ‘no’
While opposition to top-four primary reform is not as pronounced as that against ranked choice voting, the widespread failure ...
Women will be a majority in the Alaska House for the first time
Six Alaska House seats currently held by men are set to be held by women next year, bringing the overall number of women in the chamber to 21. This will be the first time in the state's history that ...
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Women will make up a majority in Alaska House for first time in state history
Nearly two-thirds of women legislators are Democrats. In Alaska, women serving in the Legislature are largely evenly split ...
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Alaska voters reject measure to repeal ranked-choice voting, open primaries
More than two weeks after the Nov. 5 election, final unofficial results show Ballot Measure 2 in Alaska, the repeal of ranked ...
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For the first time, women will outnumber men in the Alaska House next year
There will be 21 women in the state House, according to unofficial election results. 43% of the Legislature will be women, a ...
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Powered by Native Voters, Ranked-Choice Voting and Open Primaries Survive in Alaska
Alaska’s predominantly Native regions delivered huge margins against repealing the state’s new elections system, despite ...
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Ranked-Choice Voting Measures Lose Everywhere Except Alaska
The narrow vote to keep RCV in Alaska is great news for Lisa Murkowski but didn’t save Mary Peltola. Meanwhile, RCV lost in ...
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GOP Challenger Unseats Dem Incumbent To Win Alaska’s Lone House Seat
Nick Begich, the GOP candidate for Alaska’s at-large House seat, has defeated incumbent Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, ...
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Ranked choice voting and open primaries retained in Alaska after final ballot count
A final ballot count by Alaska’s election workers on Wednesday cemented the narrow lead for supporters of Alaska’s ranked ...
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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Alaska campaign disclosure rules approved by voters in 2020
Although the nation’s highest court rejected the appeal, the plaintiffs could again challenge Alaska’s disclosure ...
Trump-district House Democrat loses Alaska seat to political scion
House Republicans scored a valuable pickup in Alaska's lone seat in the chamber, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.
Begich Defeats Peltola in Alaska, Flipping House Seat for Republicans
The G.O.P. united behind Nick Begich III, the conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family, to beat ...