Alaska primary

2022 - 8 - 16

Murkowski advances in Alaska Senate race, Palin in House (NPR)

Under a voter-approved elections process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice ...

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Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin Survive Primary Battles, but a ... (The New York Times)

The independent streak of Alaskan voters played a part in both races as Ms. Palin's attempt at a political comeback could be threatened.

On Tuesday in Anchorage, hours before the polls closed, she and Ms. Palin since Ms. Palin and Ms. His true ideological opponent over the direction of the state was Ms. Many voters disapproved of the persona and rhetoric that Ms. In a different analysis, the Republican pollster Matt Larkin believed it was most likely that Ms. Michener’s husband became a pastor at Ms. Murkowski’s main challenger, Ms. She and Ms. Murkowski and Ms. Trump, who made a rare visit to the state in July to promote Ms. Palin was governor and Ms.

Murkowski advances in Senate primary in Alaska, Palin in House race (Los Angeles Times)

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski will bid for reelection in November, while Republican Sarah Palin advanced in the race for Alaska's only House seat.

Dunleavy and his running mate, Nancy Dahlstrom, said in a statement that this “is only the start of the race. In the race for Alaska governor, Republican Mike Dunleavy, Democrat Les Gara and independent Bill Walker advanced to the November general election. Peltola, Begich and Palin were also competing in a special election to serve the remainder of late Rep. The special election was voters’ first shot at ranked voting in a statewide race. In the House primary, Palin, Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich advanced to the November election. The top four vote-getters in a primary race, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election.

Alaska Primary Update: Lisa Murkowski Leads Kelly Tshibaka at ... (Newsweek)

Alaska's Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski and Trump-endorsed fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka have advanced to the general election from Tuesday's primary, ...

In contrast, her rival Tshibaka has rallied with Trump and has the support of Alaska's GOP. Earlier on Tuesday, Murkowski told reporters that "what matters is winning in November," while Tshibaka has described the results of the primary as "the first step in breaking the Murkowski monarchy's grip on Alaska." The fact that Murkowski seems likely to finish first in Tuesday's primaries could be a sign that she might be the voters' favorite in the fall. Murkowski leads ahead of Tshibaka with 42.7 percent of the vote against the former commissioner in Alaska's Department of Administration's 41.4 percent, according to the latest results from the Associated Press. While the votes are still being tabulated, the two GOP candidates have clearly earned two of the slots in the race that will see only the top four vote-getters among a total of 19 candidates in Alaska's open primaries advance to the November election. Alaska's Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski and Trump-endorsed fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka have advanced to the general election from Tuesday's primary, according to preliminary results.

Alaska primary: Murkowski, Palin advance in new Top 4 voting system (The Week Magazine)

Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R), Democrat Les Gara, and independent candidate Bill Walker all advanced to the general election for governor, along with a fourth ...

[half of the ballots counted](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/election-results/alaska/2022-primaries/?itid=hp-more-top-stories), Peltola is ahead of Palin and Begich in the special election by a handful of percentage points. If that holds with all the votes in, "either Begich or Palin would have to rely on second-place votes in order to overtake Peltola in the ranked choice tabulation," [the Anchorage Daily News explains](https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/08/16/alaska-special-us-house-election-results-show-a-close-race/). Begich, the nephew of former Sen. Palin, Begich, and Peltola are also vying to represent Alaska until January in a special election prompted by the Sarah Palin (R), Republican businessman Nick Begich, and Democratic former state lawmaker Mary Peltola all advanced to the general election for Alaska's lone House seat, with the fourth slot to be determined. Under the new voting process, the top four vote-getters compete in the general election, regardless of party affiliation.

Murkowski, Palin advance in Alaska primary election (cleveland.com)

In the race for Alaska governor, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy advanced, as did former Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, and Democrat Les Gara.

Peltola, Begich and Palin were also competing in a special election to serve the remainder of the late-Rep. Dunleavy and his running mate, Nancy Dahlstrom, in a statement said this “is only the start of the race. The special election was voters’ first shot at ranked voting in a statewide race. It was too early to call the fourth spot. In the House primary, Democrat Mary Peltola, Palin and Republican Nick Begich advanced to the November election. The top four vote-getters in a primary race, regardless of party affiliation, are to advance to the general election.

Sarah Palin advances to November's general election for Alaska's ... (NBC News)

In the Senate all-party primary, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka are among the candidates advancing to the general election.

[finished first](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/sarah-palin-advances-special-alaska-house-race-primary-rcna33151) in a nonpartisan June primary to secure one of the four spots on Tuesday's special election ballot. Al Gross, an independent who finished third in the June primary, [later withdrew](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-alaska-campaigns-government-and-politics-f234dea296e5b808f7b5b8940c9eedfc), leaving three candidates. The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and ballots cast for that candidate are recast for the voter’s second choice. That contest is the state’s first to use ranked-choice voting, and NBC News projects no candidate will receive a majority of the vote in the first round. Don Young’s term](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-rep-don-young-alaska-longest-serving-member-congress-dies-88-rcna20719&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1660697433888064&usg=AOvVaw3P9N0rOq7jnmt835ZlCmRk) — a race that also features Palin, who has Trump's endorsement — is too early to call. It was too early to call the fourth finisher in that contest, as well.