Data for Progress found Mary Peltola would win the first round, but Nick Begich would pull even after ranked choices are counted.
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This Unalakleet restaurant is delivering hot pizza and warm messages to exhausted Iditarod mushers
Mushers’ family, friends and fans began calling Peace on Earth weeks ago to place pizza orders. Many asked for special messages to be written on the boxes.
Alaska Republicans help fuel Trump’s juggernaut. This GOP consultant thinks they’ve lost their minds
Trump is facing 91 criminal charges in multiple cases, including alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents.
Alaska Republicans choose Trump over Haley by huge margins
About 10,500 Republican voters cast ballots across much of Alaska yesterday.
Anti-ranked choice voting initiative clears first hurdle on way to November ballot
A second ballot initiative also cleared the initial signature hurdle. It aims to raise the state minimum wage and provide workers with sick leave.
Alaska campaign finance watchdog hits ranked choice voting foes with nearly $95K fine
The Alaska Public Offices Commission upheld complaints that Anchorage pastor Art Mathias and groups he founded violated multiple campaign laws in their efforts to overturn Alaska’s open primaries and ranked choice voting.
Alaska campaign regulator declines to fast-track complaint against anti-ranked choice campaign
A complaint from the architect of the 2020 election reforms accused the repeal group, Alaskans for Honest Elections, of operating out of an Anchorage church and lying to regulators about it.
Anti-ranked choice voting campaign is operating out of an Anchorage church, new complaint alleges
The complaint is based in part on secret recordings from a man hired to pose as someone interested in helping get the repeal measure on the ballot.
Alaska ranked choice voting opponents blame ‘incompetence,’ not subterfuge, for errors in campaign disclosure
One of the central allegations is that Art Mathias created a church subsidiary and used it as a pass-through to conceal a $90,000 political contribution.
Democrats — and abortion rights — dominated the 2023 elections. Here are 5 takeaways
Voters mobilized for abortion rights, from approving an amendment in Ohio to reelecting Kentucky’s Democratic governor. Plus, Black candidates made history in Rhode Island and Philadelphia.