Election results

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'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.

Former Gov. Bill Walker and former state Rep. Les Gara were also headed to the November ranked-choice general election.

Dunbar was leading with 49% of the vote, ahead of Republican Andrew Satterfield at 33% and Tarr in third at 14.5%. “So the midterm is interesting, but it doesn’t really predict if you’re going to win or not.” “We’re going to have to take a look at what happens when all the votes come in and take those apart and look at the different precincts and districts,” he said. “And I think it’s just really important that people understand the basis for being careful about those conclusions.” Republican Justin Ruffridge is ahead of Rep. As long as they are postmarked on or before Election Day, those ballots can continue arriving into the Division of Elections to be counted by the end of August. Fifty-nine of 60 state legislators are up for reelection this year due to redistricting. “As a unity ticket that is setting aside our respective partisan roots, we are the only team with the ability to win support from voters who want common sense solutions and leadership.” All have each garnered less than 1% of the votes counted. Gara said his campaign has viewed the August primary as something like a “pit stop.” Christopher Kurka of Wasilla, were vying for fourth place and the chance to advance to November. Two conservative Republicans running to the right of Dunleavy, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce and state Rep.

Unofficial preliminary primary election results showed significant margins between the first- and second-place candidates.

State House District 8 includes the Kenai Peninsula north of Tustumena Lake and east of Kasilof. Between now and November, Ruffridge said he hopes to meet more people, but that he was “really impressed” by the voter turnout. Ruffridge, who currently serves on the Soldotna City Council, had clinched about 55.93% of the more than 3,300 votes counted at 10:45 p.m. He said that primary season was about introducing himself as a candidate, but moving toward the general his focus will be on policy differences between him and his opponent, Jesse Bjorkman. Ron Gillham late Tuesday in the race for the seat in the Alaska House that represents Kenai and Soldotna. Preliminary unofficial votes from the Division of Elections showed that the former chief of staff to Gov.

In the race to fill the remaining term of Representative Don Young, who passed away in March, Democrat Mary Peltola (pel-TOLL-ah) held an early lead in first- ...

As of late Tuesday, he held a sizeable lead in the District 27 primary. Due to the smaller number of candidates, everyone running in both Senate District O and House District 30 will advance to the general election in November. The primary race for U.S. He performed even better in District 30, receiving fifty-eight percent of votes cast. In District 30, Tshibaka received more than fifty-five percent of the votes counted thus far. In the primary election, Senator Lisa Murkowski slightly expanded her lead over fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka overnight.