Elections
RSSElection cycles, candidate filings, campaign milestones, debate coverage, ranked-choice runoffs, election-day operations, ballot measure campaigns, and post-election certifications.
Anchorage proposal would reduce required election notices and shorten post-certification livestreaming
Two Assembly members propose cutting Anchorage's required newspaper election notices from two to one and letting the Election Center livestream end sooner.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
North Slope Borough mayor candidates clash over roads and litigation
Mayor Josiah Patkotak and challenger Harry Brower Jr. faced off ahead of the Oct. 6 North Slope Borough election. • Brower pushed for immediate road construction to cut costs. Patkotak touted $600 million in projects and a property tax waiver starting in 2027. • Both emphasized local control over oil and gas development and tackling drugs in villages.
by Alaska News1w ago2 min read
Alaska Center's independent expenditure group spends about $27,900 on mailers for 10 legislative candidates
The Alaska Center's independent expenditure group spent about $27,900 on mailers for 10 legislative candidates, according to its latest state filing.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Super PAC reports $815,000 more against Peltola as outside spending grows on both sides of Alaska Senate race
Last Frontier PAC reported another $815,000 against Peltola, while groups opposing Sullivan reported more than $1.5 million last week. The ads keep coming.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Haines Borough voters decide five tax and planning measures with no fiscal note
Haines Borough voters decide Tuesday on five tax and planning measures with no fiscal estimates released. • Initiative 3 would repeal the seasonal sales tax and restore a year-round 5.5% rate starting Jan. 1, 2027. • Other measures would tax resource exports and mining, add a 2% alcohol tax, cut the senior property tax exemption cap, and return the planning commission to mayoral appointment.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Richards and Kendall debate repealing Alaska's open primary, ranked choice voting and disclosure rules
Two Anchorage attorneys squared off over Ballot Measure 2, which would scrap open primaries, ranked choice voting and dark money rules. Voters decide Nov. 3.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read
Bernadette Wilson amends disclosure to list Denali Disposal after APOC staff finds violation
Governor candidate Bernadette Wilson added her Denali Disposal ownership to her state disclosure, a week after APOC staff said leaving it off broke the law.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Two council members and a former state senator run to replace term-limited Wasilla Mayor Glenda Ledford
Wasilla gets a new mayor this fall. Two council members and a former state senator are running, and if nobody tops 40%, it's back to the polls in November.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell joins new group active in Juneau and Sitka elections
Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell is now co-chair of a new independent expenditure group focused on Juneau and Sitka's Oct. 6 municipal elections.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Markey blocks Sullivan's attempt to fast-track bycatch bill through the Senate
Sullivan tried to pass his bycatch bill without a vote. One Democrat, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, said not so fast. Peltola called it performative.
by Alaska News2w ago2 min read
Virginia-based GOPAC gives $150,000 to Anchorage group backing House conservatives
A Virginia-based Republican group gave $150,000 to an Anchorage independent expenditure committee backing Alaska House conservatives in the Nov. 3 election.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Wisconsin-based organizing group recruits paid Alaskans to talk with friends before the Nov. 3 election
A Wisconsin group is offering Alaskans "up to $250+" to talk with friends about the PFD and cost of living. It's part of a national program.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage's police union endorsed Kreiss-Tomkins and Johnson for governor
Anchorage's police union endorsed Kreiss-Tomkins and Johnson for governor, citing Johnson's trooper years. The other three tickets are Republican.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
New independent expenditure group registers for Juneau and Sitka municipal elections
A new outside spending group signed up for Juneau and Sitka's Oct. 6 elections. It hasn't said who it's backing, only that it favors economic opportunity.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Labor-funded committee backs Republican Ruby Jones and opposes both her rivals in Eagle River House race
A labor-funded group picked a Republican in Eagle River's House race and is buying ads against the other two candidates, one Republican and one Democrat.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Ten rural Alaska communities can now vote in person on Election Day
Ten villages with no polling place can now vote in person on Election Day itself. In August, 75 ballots from the region arrived too late to count.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
National money registered on both sides of Alaska's governor's race this week
The Democratic Governors Association and a Republican-aligned PAC with a Virginia bank both registered to spend in Alaska's governor's race this week.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Mat-Su Ballot Ties Home Tax Break to New 1% Sales Tax
Mat-Su voters get one box to check on a homeowner tax break and the borough's first areawide sales tax. It's a package deal, like cable used to be.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Governor candidates split over how to close Southcentral gas gap
All four candidates want more Cook Inlet gas. They differ over lease enforcement, production incentives, tax stability and power diversification.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago4 min read
Kenai Peninsula voters decide on school board term limits
Kenai Peninsula voters decide on school board term limits that would not keep anyone off a ballot until 2032. The assembly sent it to them 9-0.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
At an industry forum, four candidates for governor made their case on resource development
At an industry forum, Alaska's four candidates for governor all backed more resource development. Where they differed was on what the state should pay for it.
by Alaska News2w ago5 min read
An outside group has spent $3.77 million on Alaska's Senate race
Americans for Prosperity Action has put $3.77 million into the Alaska Senate race. More than half of it landed in just the last three weeks.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Peltola leads the poll. Sullivan leads the voters most likely to show up.
A bipartisan poll has Peltola ahead of Sullivan 53-47 after ranked choice, but the older voters most likely to actually turn out favor him 54-46.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
A new poll has Kreiss-Tomkins ahead in the first round and the last
A bipartisan AARP poll has Kreiss-Tomkins at 40 percent and winning a ranked-choice simulation 55-45, but a quarter of voters ranked neither finalist.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Wasilla group reports $93,850 in September spending for six Republican legislative candidates
A group funded entirely by a national Republican committee has spent $93,850 on six Alaska House races, including $50,800 to a Wyoming canvassing firm.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Labor committee reports $125,000 in ads for four Alaska candidates
Putting Alaskans First reported $125,000 in Meta ads supporting four legislative candidates. Two other committees reported smaller buys.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Republican super PAC reports $410,000 spent in Alaska Senate race
Senate Leadership Fund has pledged $17 million in Alaska and reported $410,002 spent so far supporting Sullivan or opposing Peltola.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
DCCC adds independent Bill Hill to Red to Blue program; FEC reports no national party contributions
National Democrats added independent Bill Hill to a support program, but his FEC filings report no contributions from national party committees.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Teamsters, former Republican senator endorse Kreiss-Tomkins
Teamsters Local 959 and former Republican state Sen. Lesil McGuire endorsed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for governor.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Sullivan's bycatch bill advances from Senate committee
A Senate committee advanced Sullivan's bycatch bill, which would set trawl-gear standards, expand monitoring and fund bycatch research.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min read
Alaska reroutes Region IV absentee ballots after 75 arrived too late to count
Alaska will route Region IV absentee-in-person ballots through Anchorage after 75 primary ballots arrived after certification.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska governor candidates agree on Permanent Fund, split on taxes
Taylor and Bronson opposed broad new taxes; Kreiss-Tomkins backed targeted revenue as three candidates compared fiscal, energy and workforce plans
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago4 min read
Dillingham forum puts two open Southwest Alaska legislative seats on one stage
Two senior rural lawmakers are leaving, eight candidates want their seats, and seven are listed for a Dillingham forum.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
Sullivan's bycatch bill reaches its first Senate committee test
Sullivan's bycatch bill gets its first committee test Wednesday. It mandates gear changes and monitoring, but doesn't ban trawling or set catch caps.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Alaska's mail ballots will not need barcodes after a Supreme Court denial
Alaskans mailing a ballot in November will not need a barcode on the envelope. The Supreme Court left the rule blocked, and the state never took a side.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Haines voters face five ballot measures, four of them about taxes
Haines voters face five ballot measures Oct. 6, four about taxes, including a new severance tax on gravel, timber and mining.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
An Alaska psilocybin initiative faces its signature deadline Monday
An Alaska psilocybin legalization drive spent $150,000 and has $1,354 left. Its signature deadline is Monday, and no count has been made public.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read
Haines votes on whether to stop electing its planning commission
Haines voters elect four planning commissioners Oct. 6 and, on the same ballot, decide whether the borough should go back to appointing them instead.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Fairbanks votes Oct. 6 on capping taxes, moving elections and hand counts
Fairbanks voters decide Oct. 6 whether to cap borough taxes, move elections to November and count ballots by hand. Any of it locks for two years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Unalaska votes Oct. 6, at the one polling place in town
Unalaska votes for city and school board seats Oct. 6 at City Hall, the town's only polling place, open 8 am to 8 pm. Six people will run it.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
