Statewide vote goes to Romney; Juneau favors Obama.
A few Capital City Republicans and Tongass Democrats gathered at Juneau’s Baranoff Hotel Tuesday night to watch election results come in.
Senate Dist. Q: Stedman defeats Kookesh in battle of incumbents
Republican Bert Stedman won his re-election bid Tuesday, and will return to the Legislature as the new District Q senator.
Young wins 21st term
U.S. Rep. Don Young had no trouble defeating Democrat Sharon Cissna to win an unprecedented 21st full term in the House.
House Dist. 33: Wilson wins handily
Incumbent Peggy Wilson will represent the newly-created House District 33.
House Dist. 34: Kreiss-Tomkins holds small lead over Rep. Bill Thomas
It’s still too close to call for Republican state Representative Bill Thomas and Democratic challenger Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins in Southeast’s House District 34.
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For Obama, Vindication, But Not A Mandate
Obama has become only the third U.S. president to win re-election by a narrower margin than his first victory. Having won a second term, Obama will seek to set the nation’s agenda on issues ranging from taxes to immigration, but he may continue to struggle in selling his ideas to Congress.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Republican Response Likely To Be Tactical, Not Transformative
Initial indications from within the GOP were that Mitt Romney’s defeat wasn’t seen as a rejection of the Republican platform as much as a failure of its standard-bearer to run a competent enough campaign to defeat a vulnerable incumbent.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Pledge Drive Drawing for the iPad Mini and Wings of Alaska tickets – Results are in!
Thanks to everyone who pledged during the KTOO/KRNN Fall Pledge Drive – and for those of you who entered into the drawing for the iPad Mini and the Wings of Alaska roundtrip tickets – we have the winners!
Wednesday Newscast 11/7/12
This newscast includes selected election results from around Southeast Alaska.… more
Business, Labor Groups Laud Obama Victory
Exit polls showed the economy was Issue No. 1 with voters in this presidential election. And it didn’t take long for labor organizers and business leaders to start offering their thoughts on the re-election of President Obama.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
