"2018 Alaska primary"

Fewer than 100 votes could have made the difference in two races in the Kenai area.

Of registered voters, 18.2 percent cast ballots, with five precincts and some absentee ballots left to count.

The lieutenant governor has limited duties under the state constitution: to succeed the governor if necessary, and to oversee initiatives and referendums.

“I think there’s a lot of what I would call anxiety in the center and the left of the political spectrum in Alaska,” said Hollis French, who wants Walker and Begich to agree that someone drop out to eliminate political anxiety. Begich supports the idea, but Walker rejected it.