Assemblywoman LaFrance headlines last-minute shakeups of legislative races
The Nov. 3 ballot is set.
Elections
‘It would have been an epic campaign.’ Landfield withdraws from crowded Senate race
“In a heads-up race against Senator von Imhof I feel I would have had a great chance at winning. It would have been an epic campaign. But in a three-way race the path is not there.”
Legislators call on state to use Anchorage’s secure drop boxes in the general election
A group of Anchorage Democratic legislators is asking the state to work with the municipality of Anchorage to expand the availability of ballot drop-off boxes…
Supreme Court rejects biased state-prepared summary of oil tax initiative
The court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, a former oil company employee, had biased the summary of the oil tax initiative.
Open primaries would encourage ‘thoughtful leadership,’ say backers of Ballot Measure 2
The hope is that candidates will have to broaden their appeal to all voters in a district instead of the relatively small group of voters that participate in primaries.
Complaint accuses group opposing election reform initiative of skirting election law
The complaint says the Alaska Policy Forum, its director and Dunleavy’s former campaign manager have been violating Alaska campaign law for months.
Several GOP incumbents are in deep trouble even with thousands of by-mail ballots to count
The word “insurmountable” comes to mind.
Be warned. It’ll take a while to know the winners from Alaska’s primary election
By-mail voting’s gonna take a while.
Republicans trail Democrats, independents in requesting by-mail ballots for Alaska’s elections
The one category Republicans are leading Democrats is in early in-person voting. As of Friday, they’ve cast 210 ballots this way while Democrats have cast just 105 absentee ballots in person.
Public safety commissioner endorses man with assault conviction over former cop
The crime of not toeing the party line is apparently graver than an assault conviction.