Elections

All elections stories. (These stories are also categorized as “politics”.)

Anchorage Mayor Candidates: Billy Ray Powers and Bob Lupo

Billy Ray Powers (left) and Bob Lupo (right) speaking at HACA-Bridge Builders Mayoral Forum. Photos by Erick Cordero. KSKA looks at a pair of mayor...

Anchorage Mayor Candidates: Dominic Lee, Paul Kendall and Jacob Seth Kern

Dominic Lee (left), Paul Kendall (center), Jacob Seth Kern (right). Photos by Erick Cordero. KSKA continues its series on the mayor candidates in the April...

Anchorage Mayor Candidates: Matt Claman and Dan Sullivan

Matt Claman (left) and Dan Sullivan (right). Photos by Erick Cordero Next month's Anchorage municipal election offers a field of 15 candidates for mayor. ...

Anchorage Mayor Candidates: Paul Honeman and Walt Monegan

Former police officers, Walt Monegan (left) and Paul Honeman (right) and are running for mayor of Anchorage on April 7th.  Photos by Erick Cordero KSKA...

Anchorage Mayor Candidates: Shelia Selkregg and Eric Croft

Eric Croft and Shelia Selkregg, two of the fifteen mayoral candidates at the HACA-Bridge Builders Mayoral Forum. Photos by Erick Cordero April 7th's Anchorage...

Anchorage Democrats increase house seats…at least for now

Yesterday's general election saw the evenly balanced party division of Anchorage's 16 house district seats tilt toward the Democrats. That is,...

Election 2008: Mat-Su Valley results

In yesterday's general election, Mat-Su Valley Republicans scored a clean sweep over their Democratic opponents. In all but one case, that meant victory...

Election 2008: Anchorage results

With last night's election results, it appears the party balance in Anchorage's eight senate seats will remain the same, with four Republicans and four...

Election Day on KSKA

After months of listening to the candidates, today the voters speak. Besides the President and Vice President, U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman, Anchorage...

Valley voters to choose Lyda Green's successor

When state Senator Lyda Green announced she would not run for another term, Republican challenger Linda Menard won the Republican candidacy for Senate District...

Political opposites face off in east side senate race

In Anchorage's Senate District K, the Democrat incumbent, Bettye Davis, finds herself fending off a determined campaign by Republican Dave Harbour. Len Anderson, KSKA -...

District 29 vacancy draws two hopefuls

When Republican Ralph Samuels decided not to seek re-election after three terms, Democrats hoped the lack of an incumbent would let them gain the...

District 16 rivals want to guide valley's transformation

Agriculture is the issue in the Matanuska Valley's House District 16, where cow pastures intersect with suburban housing developments. Democrat Beverly Serrano is challenging...

House District 19 candidates find little common ground

KSKA continues its profiles of state legislative races in Anchorage by looking at Muldoon and House District 19. KSKA's Len Anderson reports on...

Two hopefuls battle hard for Hillside Senate seat

John Cowdery's retirement from Senate Seat O has created an increasingly sharp-toned race between a Republican house representative and a Democrat who is a...

District race stresses development impact

Republican incumbent Carl Gatto faces Democrat and bookstore owner David Cheezum in the upcoming race for the Matanuska Valley's state house district 13. Gatto...

RUNNING: U.S. Senate Candidates

On Wednesday evening, October 22 we broadcast candidate interviews with the major U.S. Senate candidates. All interviews are presented below. Incumbent Senator Ted...

Democrats seek to take long held Republican district

Republican Kevin Meyer's decision not to seek re-election to the state house, but instead to make a run for the state senate, created a...

RUNNING: U.S. House Candidates

On Wednesday evening, October 22 we broadcast candidate interviews with the two major U.S. House of Representatives candidates. Both interviews are presented below. Debate for...

First time candidate challenges District 25 incumbent

KSKA continues its series on this fall's state legislative races in the Anchorage area by looking at the contest to represent District 25. Doogan for...