Walker’s favorability is on the rise and highest since PFD veto, according to poll
Walker’s approval rating collapsed after the PFD veto. Now it’s seven points below his highest ever rating.
Elections
Mark Begich would lead Mike Dunleavy 53-42 in head-to-head governor’s race, according to poll
There’s additional polling out on the race for governor.
Gov. Walker leads GOP front-runner Dunleavy 51-44 in head-to-head poll
Nearly a third of respondents didn’t recognize Dunleavy, a former state senator.
Bill that would knock per diem initiative off the ballot hits wall in Senate
Some legislators might not be so thrilled to be on the same ballot as a measure targeting their per diem.
Gov. Walker debuts first campaign ad of 2018 as ‘Independent. Alaskan.’
It’s going to be a busy year.
Alaska Supreme Court allows Democrats to open their primaries to independents, including Gov. Walker
The governor’s campaign says it has yet to decide whether or not it will enter the Democratic primary.
How–and why–to watch Alaska Supreme Court arguments over the Democrats’ primaries
The case could have major impacts on the 2018 elections, including the governor’s race.
Senate committee takes the ‘automatic’ out of Alaska’s voter-created automatic voter registration system
The state warns the amendment would effectively unconstitutionally repeal the 2016 automatic voter registration initiative.
If Russian hackers really broke into Alaska’s election system in 2016, the feds still haven’t told the state
The state in September 2017 disclosed it was unsuccessfully targeted by Russia-linked hackers, but a new report says the U.S. intelligence community believed in January 2017 that Alaska had been “compromised.”
That pro-Dunleavy Super Bowl ad was mostly paid for by his brother
At the very least, it’s shaping up to be an interesting campaign.