Alaska election results

2022 - 8 - 17

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.

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.

Murkowski and Trump-backed Tshibaka advance to Alaska general ... (Fox News)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka are among the four candidates who will advance to the November general election in the race to represent Alaska in ...

That process is repeated until a candidate wins a majority of the vote. However, if no candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated. Following the elimination of the candidate who received the least amount of first-preference votes, voters' second-preference choices are evaluated and a new tally is established to determine whether a candidate in the race has received a majority of the vote. [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products) The senator voted against a Republican-backed plan in 2017 to repeal the national health care law known as ObamaCare, and a year later she opposed confirmation of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whom Trump had nominated. Of those seven, Murkowski is the only one running for re-election this year.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy leads in initial primary election results (Anchorage Daily News)

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.

Here are the key primary election results from Alaska (GPB)

Voting concludes Tuesday in the Alaska primary elections, including notable races for governor, Senate and a special election for the House seat to fill the ...

The top four candidates in that race will advance to a ranked-choice general election in November. Those same candidates are among nearly two dozen competing in a primary for the full U.S. There are actually two simultaneous elections for the House.

Mary Peltola, the Democrat Who Could Become the First Alaska ... (The New York Times)

Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker, surprised even some of her own supporters by taking the lead over Sarah Palin for an open congressional seat.

Ms. “She is a quiet force,” Ms. Democratic and Republican pollsters and strategists said Ms. Peltola for her strong stance on abortion rights and her pledges to protect Alaska’s resources. Al Gross, an independent who unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2020 and came in third, soon dropped out of the race and endorsed Ms. “I’ve really been an advocate of thinking beyond partisanship and seeing people beyond party lines,” she said in an interview. Peltola, 48, was leading Ms. She embraced relatives, campaign workers and longtime friends who had served with her in the Legislature. As a Yup’ik woman, she said, she has sought to use the teachings of her community in her broader appeals for bipartisanship. Palin as governor and Ms. Peltola in the State Legislature. Her father and the longtime congressman were close friends, and, as a young girl, she would tag along as he campaigned for Mr.