Elections
Election update: Begich declares victory, margin for ranked choice repeal now under 900 votes
“Alaskans have spoken,” Begich said. “It will be the honor of a lifetime to have the opportunity to serve as your voice in Congress.”
Lead for Ballot Measure 2 shrinks to less than 1,700 votes in latest election results update
Nick Begich III maintains a roughly 3-point lead over Congresswoman Mary Peltola. State House Rep. Cliff Groh, D-Anchorage, leads by just 10 votes.
Final rural Alaska precinct reports Election Day results, but counting isn’t done
Nine days after Election Day, all of Alaska’s 403 polling stations have reported results.
Former Pilot Station mayor pleads guilty to felony election interference
Arthur Heckman Sr. admitted Thursday to concealing municipal ballots and directing officials to not hold an election.
Trump picks North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department
Burgum ran in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. He then became a vocal supporter of Preesident-elect Donald Trump and was shortlisted for the GOP vice presidential nomination.
Trump wants to ‘Drill, baby, drill.’ What does that mean for climate concerns?
President-elect Donald Trump wants to increase oil and gas production and roll back the Inflation Reduction Act.
Rumors abound that Dunleavy may join the Trump administration. Here’s what that could mean for Alaska.
Though nothing has been confirmed, the rumor mill is churning.
Trump announces he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general
"Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System," Trump said.
Trump met Biden in the Oval Office today. It’s a tradition Trump skipped in 2020.
President Biden sat side by side Wednesday with the predecessor — now, successor — he has called a threat to democracy.
Begich maintains lead and repeal of ranked choice still passing in updated election results
Nick Begich III now has 49% of first-place votes to U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s 46%, while Ballot Measure 2 is passing by a margin of 1 percentage point.
Alaska Capitol’s ‘worst-kept secret’ is that Gov. Dunleavy may leave office to join Trump
Some lawmakers believe the governor may not be in office by the time the new Legislature convenes in January.
Early election results mistakenly showed imprisoned U.S. House candidate leading in one Southeast Alaska precinct
Unofficial results from the Division of Elections early last week showed one Southeast Alaska precinct seemed to overwhelmingly choose a peculiar candidate for the U.S. House — a man currently imprisoned in New York.
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Jan. 6 defendants celebrate Trump’s win and anticipate pardons
People convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol hope Donald Trump fulfills his promise to pardon them.
Coalition lawmakers say they’re confident bipartisan Alaska House majority will hold
Though Alaskans voted for Donald Trump this year by a wide margin, the trend at the state level runs counter to the rightward shift seen across the country this cycle.
Bipartisan coalitions claim control of both Alaska House and Senate
That means the state House will flip from Republican-led majority control and have a new speaker, according to a news release.
Here’s what we know about the Alaska ballots that still need to be counted
Tens of thousands of early and absentee ballots from all over the state and around the world will be counted in the coming days.
Alaska Republican leaders celebrate Trump’s victory
They say they’re hopeful the Trump administration and a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate will create more opportunity for oil drilling and other development on Alaska’s federal lands.
What’s the world saying about Trump’s win? Here are the leaders who’ve commented
Leaders from around the world congratulated Donald Trump on his presidential election victory, as governments prepare for his return to the White House.
Race for Alaska’s congressional seat tilts Begich with almost all precincts counted
Republican challenger Nick Begich III has a solid lead in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat.
Effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting still holds narrow lead
Ballot Measure 2 is ahead by 4,289 votes. That's a margin of less than 2 percentage points.
How Alaska legislative races are shaping up
So far, many coalition-minded Senate candidates are leading, and control of the state House is up in the air.
How Trump won a second term as president in 2024
In his return to power, Trump defied many expectations. He is the first convicted felon to win the White House.
Bethel’s absentee in-person polling location ran out of official ballots hours before closing
The recording of votes on sample ballots prompted concern on a community Facebook page. But the state said it was perfectly legal.
Trump closes in on Alaska win, aiming for 15th consecutive Republican victory in the state
If Trump wins, Alaska will have voted for the Republican in every election since it became a state, except for Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Alaska voters retain all 19 state judges on the ballot
The vote was closest for Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman who faced an effort to oust him after a controversial homeschool decision.
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