Federal regulators acted improperly when they granted a permit in 2024 for a controversial gold mining project near Nome, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason, in a Nov. 2 ruling, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated both the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act when […]
One day after the Alaska Senate’s bipartisan coalition announced key leadership positions, the incoming majority coalition in the Alaska House announced its leadership including that Anchorage independent Calvin Schrage will be the new House speaker. The new House majority coalition of the 35th Alaska State Legislature is forming with independent, Democratic and Republican members. While […]
Alaskans are awaiting results from key races on the general election ballot, including a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open gubernatorial seat. A ballot measure seeking to repeal …
Anchorage Republican Cathy Giessel will be the next Alaska Senate President for the upcoming 35th Alaska State Legislature, according to an announcement from a bipartisan coalition of senators on Wednesday. Giessel showed a comfortable lead with 61% of the vote in her bid for re-election, as of Wednesday afternoon results, and has served in the […]
The Republican trio served together in Congress for more than two decades, and while the Anchorage port is named for the late Rep. Don Young and the Anchorage airport is named for the late Sen. Ted Stevens, their congressional colleague, Sen. Frank Murkowski, is more at home in Southeast. The Wrangell borough assembly on Oct. […]
Partial election results Wednesday afternoon show Alaska voters overwhelmingly approving Ballot Measure 3, which would add a new state law prohibiting noncitizens from voting in Alaska. A different Alaska law already prohibits noncitizen voting, as does federal law. When enacted, Ballot Measure 3 will not change existing practice, according to an analysis by the Alaska […]
Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Democrats have flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and …
Although early and absentee ballots are yet to be counted, Sitka’s Sen. Bert Stedman and Rep. Rebecca Himschoot were clear winners in Tuesday's general election, retaining their positions representing Senate District A and House District 2 in the...
Alaskans have settled in to await more results for key races on the general election ballot that are not yet called. Those include a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open seat for …
Alaskans are deciding one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races in the country. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is seeking to fend off a challenge from Democratic former congresswoman Mary …
Incumbents Sen. Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, and Rep. Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, led in first-choice election results Tuesday night, but preliminary results from ranked choice runoffs show them trailing challengers in their hotly contested Matanuska-Susitna Borough legislative races. Rep. Elexie Moore, R-Wasilla, trailed in first-choice election results but a Wednesday morning ranked choice tabulation performed by […]
This article is developing and may be updated. If Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan wins re-election, Alaska’s ranked choice runoff system may deserve part of the credit. Early Wednesday morning results published by the Alaska Division of Elections show Democratic challenger Mary Peltola leading Sullivan by 626 first-choice votes, but according to preliminary data published […]
The “blue wave” that marked national results during Election Day appears to have washed into the Alaska House of Representatives as well. According to preliminary election results updated early Wednesday morning, independent and Democratic lawmakers are leading in 23 of the House’s 40 seats. Independents and Democrats won 19 seats in the 2024 elections. Many […]
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, in a tough fight to keep his seat, took time after casting his vote at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage on Tuesday to blast his Democratic opponent. “We are witnessing the biggest election cheating scandal in the history of the state of Alaska, one of the, maybe one of the biggest […]
This article is developing and will be updated. A ballot measure seeking to repeal Alaska’s open-primary and ranked-choice election system is trailing in early vote counting, according to preliminary results posted Tuesday evening by the Alaska Division of Elections. With 279 of 400 precincts reporting results Tuesday night, “no” on repeal led “yes” by 51.4% […]
This article is developing and will be updated. Republican incumbent Rep. Nick Begich III took a significant lead in early vote-counting for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, but stood just barely short of the threshold needed to avoid a ranked choice runoff. With 279 of 401 precincts reporting results Tuesday night, Begich had 49.98% of […]
This article is developing and will be updated. Alaska is on course to have its first Democratic governor since Tony Knowles left office almost a quarter-century ago. According to incomplete, preliminary results published Tuesday night by the Alaska Division of Elections, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins had 48.9% of the vote among four people competing to replace Republican […]
This article is developing and will be updated. Alaska is on course to keep its Republican incumbent Senator in a closely watched race that will help determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the U.S. Senate. With 279 of 401 precincts reporting results Tuesday night, Sen. Dan Sullivan had 48.6% of voters’ first-choice votes. Democratic challenger […]
The U.S. Department of Justice said federal election monitors will be deployed to Anchorage and the Dillingham and Kusilvak census areas on Election Day, according to an agency announcement on Tuesday morning. The DOJ monitoring initiative, announced last week, is larger this year than previous years, with approximately 1,000 monitors posted across all 50 states. […]
Alaska elections officials told a state Superior court judge on Sunday that 13 of the 18 rural early and absentee-in-person voting locations that were flagged in lawsuits filed late last week for failing to open as scheduled would be open on Monday — one day before Election Day. The remaining five communities were not able […]