Elections

All elections stories. (These stories are also categorized as “politics”.)

The last debate

Uninterrupted coverage of the last debate between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain starts at 5:00 PM on KSKA, followed by NPR analysis....

House District 21 voters have a distinct choice

Today KSKA begins a series of profiles of various state house and senate races taking place in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough in the...

First time candidate challenges District 25 incumbent

KSKA continues its series on this fall's state legislative races in the Anchorage area by looking at the contest to represent District 25. Doogan for...

Democrats seek to take long held Republican district

Republican Kevin Meyer's decision not to seek re-election to the state house, but instead to make a run for the state senate, created a...

District race stresses development impact

Republican incumbent Carl Gatto faces Democrat and bookstore owner David Cheezum in the upcoming race for the Matanuska Valley's state house district 13. Gatto...

Two hopefuls battle hard for Hillside Senate seat

John Cowdery's retirement from Senate Seat O has created an increasingly sharp-toned race between a Republican house representative and a Democrat who is a...

House District 19 candidates find little common ground

KSKA continues its profiles of state legislative races in Anchorage by looking at Muldoon and House District 19. KSKA's Len Anderson reports on...

District 16 rivals want to guide valley's transformation

Agriculture is the issue in the Matanuska Valley's House District 16, where cow pastures intersect with suburban housing developments. Democrat Beverly Serrano is challenging...

District 29 vacancy draws two hopefuls

When Republican Ralph Samuels decided not to seek re-election after three terms, Democrats hoped the lack of an incumbent would let them gain the...

Political opposites face off in east side senate race

In Anchorage's Senate District K, the Democrat incumbent, Bettye Davis, finds herself fending off a determined campaign by Republican Dave Harbour. Len Anderson, KSKA -...

Valley voters to choose Lyda Green's successor

When state Senator Lyda Green announced she would not run for another term, Republican challenger Linda Menard won the Republican candidacy for Senate District...

Election Day on KSKA

After months of listening to the candidates, today the voters speak. Besides the President and Vice President, U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman, Anchorage...

Election 2008: Anchorage results

With last night's election results, it appears the party balance in Anchorage's eight senate seats will remain the same, with four Republicans and four...

Election 2008: Mat-Su Valley results

In yesterday's general election, Mat-Su Valley Republicans scored a clean sweep over their Democratic opponents. In all but one case, that meant victory...

Anchorage Democrats increase house seats…at least for now

Yesterday's general election saw the evenly balanced party division of Anchorage's 16 house district seats tilt toward the Democrats. That is,...

RUNNING: Anchorage School Board, Seat B

Photos by Kristin Spack, KSKA – Anchorage Here is the audio from the first night of RUNNING with the School Board candidates for Seat B....

RUNNING: Anchorage School Board, Seat A

Photos by Kristin Spack, KSKA – Anchorage Here is the audio from the first night of RUNNING with the School Board candidates for Seat A....

RUNNNING: Anchorage Assembly, Seat J

Here is audio from the second night of RUNNING with Anchorage Assembly candidates in seat J. Download Audio (MP3)

RUNNNING: Anchorage Assembly, Seat H

Here is audio from the second night of RUNNING with Anchorage Assembly candidates in seat H. Download Audio (MP3)

RUNNNING: Anchorage Assembly, Seat D

Here is audio from the second night of RUNNING with Anchorage Assembly candidates in seat D. Download Audio (MP3)