Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Liz Ruskin is the Washington, D.C., correspondent at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at lruskin@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Liz here.
Alaska voters are welcome to write ‘Tara Sweeney’ on the special election ballot, but here’s why it might not count
Sweeney is campaigning for a full term in Congress. She hasn't ruled out registering as a write-in for the special election.
Deep pockets aid Murkowski with attack ads on Tshibaka
Billionaire hedge fund founder gave $1.5 million to Alaskans for L.I.S.A., an independent PAC.
Palin leads US House candidates in quarterly fundraising
Sarah Palin raised $200,000. Mary Peltola is not far behind.
Just Answers: Where Alaska’s US House candidates stand on a federal abortion law
Here’s how they responded, in their own words.
Trump bashed Alaska’s ranked choice voting, but Republicans likely need those 2nd votes to win
"Love it or hate it, this is what we have to deal with," one Republican strategist says.
Trump rallies his Alaska faithful against Murkowski, for Tshibaka and Palin
Donald Trump fulfilled a pledge to punish Sen. Murkowski for her vote to impeach him.
Just Answers: Alaska’s US House candidates on the election of President Biden
We asked: Did Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election fair and square?
No, you don’t have to rank candidates you don’t like. Here’s why you should anyway.
Questions about ranked choice voting? We've got answers.
Former Veco boss who served prison time in corruption scandal has died
Bill Allen, who was at the pinnacle of wealth and power in Alaska until he was exposed as a central figure in a political corruption scandal, died last week at age 85.
Advocates of abortion rights inject themselves into Anchorage Independence Day parade
“I was born into a country where I was guaranteed certain rights and now they’re gone," one protester said.
Peltola’s superpower: US House nominee disarms with unexpected niceness
Alaska congressional candidate Mary Peltola says there's power in making friends.
To US House candidates Begich and Palin, abortion is a state issue while Peltola says the decision is personal
Palin says the state, not "faceless bureaucrats," should choose.
Lawsuit filed to keep congressional candidate Tara Sweeney in special election
The plaintiffs are Sunny Guerin, Vera Lincoln and Elizabeth Toovak.
As last ballots arrive in Alaska’s special US House primary, Peltola inches upward
Peltola is up three percentage points since the first count June 11, suggesting her campaign may have picked up momentum as the postmark deadline neared, or that her supporters were, for whatever reason, late to the mailbox.
Alaska elections official says 5th place finisher can’t fill vacancy on US House ballot. Sweeney campaign disagrees.
The dispute is likely to go to court.
Gross, a top four candidate for US House, calls it quits
Al Gross is out, possibly allowing Tara Sweeney to advance in the special election.
Peltola keeps 4th place in latest US House ballot count
The AP has now called the race for Democrat Mary Peltola, too.
Special election results prompt losing candidates to consider dropping out of regular US House election, too
Finishers outside the top four in the special primary are pondering dropping out of the regular election.
It’s still Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola in Alaska US House race
If that order holds, those four will advance to the special general ballot in August.
As a test, Alaska’s special US House primary may be too special
A by-mail special election may not be a true test of Alaska's new open primary