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- Tuesday’s mock elections weren’t meant for students just to play or pretend. Students spent time researching the candidates on various websites and by perusing different campaign commercials.
- Problems with voting machines in Southeast mean final election results for House districts 35 and 36 won’t be known for a while. Machines in Craig, Klawock, Thorne Bay, Sitka, Kake, Haines, Hydaburg and Metlakatla experienced issues.
- Independent candidate Don Etheridge conceded the race for Senate District Q to Democratic opponent Jesse Kiehl late Tuesday night.
- Story succeeds Democratic Rep. Justin Parish for a two-year term in the Alaska state House of Representatives.
- The next state House District 33 representative will be Democrat Sara Hannan, who replaces outgoing Rep. Sam Kito III.
- Alaska's lone member of the U.S. House Representatives, Don Young, won his re-election campaign over Democrat Alyse Galvin late Tuesday night.
- Following months of intense debate and millions of dollars in campaign spending, Alaska voters defeated Ballot Measure 1 by a wide margin.
- Republican Mike Dunleavy has defeated Democrat Mark Begich in the Alaska governor's race. Begich conceded Wednesday morning.
- An ad targeting Democrat Jesse Kiehl, who is Jewish, arrived in Juneau mailboxes days after a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and quickly set off a flurry of posts on social media.
- Absentee voting is available in Alaska through Monday, Nov. 5, but not all registered voters can cast their ballot. Blind and visually impaired voters in need of special machines will have to wait until election day — and that doesn’t sit well with one married couple in Sitka.
- The school or youth group that increases the voter turnout in its district the most wins. The first place winner will receive $10,000, and the second place winner will receive $5,000.
- Recent debates have focused on the criminal justice overhaul passed two years ago, known as Senate Bill 91. Both candidates offer distinct visions for reform.
- Black Republican candidates Marilyn Stewart, Ceezar Martinson, Marcus Sanders, and Stanley Wright are all running for the Alaska House of Representatives in Democratic-leaning districts.
- According to recent campaign filings, state Senate candidate Jesse Kiehl has raised the most of any Juneau candidate running in next week’s general election.
- One thing the candidates agreed on: American politics has become too hostile.
- Sen. Murkowski says that Dunleavy’s stance on Ballot Measure 1, a controversial salmon habitat ballot measure, was a big factor in her support. 
- Early voting began Monday at locations across the state. This year, Alaskans will get an extra prize for voting early: one of Juneau artist Pat Race’s custom-designed stickers. 
- The Alaska Division of Elections has received several thousand absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 general election. Those voters would not have known that incumbent Gov. Bill Walker was ending his re-election campaign.
- For months, Mark Begich faced pressure from fellow Democrats to drop out of the Alaska governor's race. Now, he's their best shot at winning the seat.
- There was an audible gasp from the crowd as he made the suspension announcement at the AFN Convention.
