Elections

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Mike Dunleavy

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy: No VP inquiry from Trump

Dunleavy met Trump nine times during his presidency and offered an early endorsement in Trump's second presidential campaign.
Nikki Haley

New Hampshire may be Nikki Haley’s last chance to keep presidential hopes alive

Haley is the only major GOP candidate left facing former President Donald Trump, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out Sunday.
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Alaska House committee advances legislation to repeal ranked choice voting

The measure is unlikely to advance in the Senate.
Calvin Schrage

Measure limiting Alaska campaign cash fails to get enough signatures for 2024 vote

There will be no limit on how much someone can give a candidate for office in this year’s state elections, as measure backers aim for the 2026 ballot.
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Alaska advocates submit petition signatures to put minimum wage increase on ballot

The initiative campaign would also mandate paid sick leave and protect workers from having to hear employers’ political or religious messages.
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Supreme Court takes up Colorado’s decision to kick Trump off its primary ballot

Arguments on whether a constitutional ban on insurrectionists holding federal office bars Donald Trump from running for president will be heard Feb. 8.
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Alaska campaign regulator declines to fast-track complaint against anti-ranked choice campaign

The Alaska Public Offices Commission voted unanimously to conduct a full investigation before hearing the case in February.
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Alaska ranked choice voting opponents blame ‘incompetence,’ not subterfuge, for errors in campaign disclosure

The founders of Alaskans for Honest Elections say a $90,000 political donation wasn't routed through a church group, despite what they wrote on a form.
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Mat-Su Assembly, School Board incumbents fend off challengers in local elections

Matanuska-Susitna Borough voters re-elected conservative Assembly and School Board incumbents in all but one race in local elections Tuesday.
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Denali Borough voters to elect new mayor, Assembly, school board

"All of our districts, every seat, is up for election" in the borough's downsized Assembly and its school board, according to the borough clerk.
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Alaska redistricting board agrees to pay $400K after losing Eagle River Senate lawsuit

A group of East Anchorage plaintiffs successfully challenged the boundaries of Eagle River’s state Senate district last year.
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State lawmaker Josiah Patkotak is poised to become the next North Slope Borough mayor

At 29 years old, he would become the region’s youngest mayor.
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U.S. Justice Department monitoring elections on North Slope and in Dillingham and Kusilvak areas

The department says it's monitoring the three rural Alaska regions to ensure compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act.
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10 candidates vie for 2 areawide seats on the Juneau Assembly

The pool of candidates is much larger than last year when three Juneau Assembly members ran unopposed for reelection.
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North to the future? Alaska’s ranked choice voting system is praised and criticized nationally

The system is seen by advocates in the Lower 48 as a model for advancing civility and moderation, but it is vulnerable to repeal at home.
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APOC staff recommends fines for opponents of Alaska’s ranked choice voting

Investigators say those trying to repeal Alaska's voting system routed a $90,000 political contribution through a church group, among other alleged violations of campaign laws.
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Two more Alaska ballot measures pass legal muster, but another is disqualified

The approved measures would impose new financial restrictions on political campaigns and grant an array of rights to workers.
Kelly Tshibaka

Report from Alaska campaign regulator says Tshibaka-linked group violated state law

Alaska Public Offices Commission staff have recommended a $16,450 fine against former U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka's Preserve Democracy.
Nancy Dahlstrom

Alaska lieutenant governor disqualifies legislative term-limits ballot measure

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled in 1994 that legislative term limits would require a constitutional amendment, not a ballot measure.
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Vivek Ramaswamy takes center stage, plus other key moments from the first Republican debate

At the center of the stage, and the center of the debate’s hottest exchanges, was a 38-year-old man who no one expected to be there even a few months ago.