Democrats flipping the seat comes as the party hopes to compete in statewide contests for the Senate and House in 2026. The state has only elected one Democratic senator since 1981 and only one Democratic House member since 1973. President Donald Trump easily won the state by double digits in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

Yesterday was municipal election day all over Alaska. Polls were open for most of the day, but many residents chose to vote early. Residents in Ketchikan have both a borough election to vote in and a city election.

Almost two dozen municipalities and boroughs across Alaska held local elections Tuesday, asking voters to decide on new mayors and propositions on the ballot.

Democratic Fairbanks Sen. Scott Kawasaki violated ethics law by holding constituent events too close to the 2024 state primary, a panel of the Alaska Legislature concluded in a report published Friday.

Initial results are in from Bethel’s municipal election and from Rural Education Attendance Area (REAA) school board elections throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Alaska's Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich continued their fundraising efforts in the third quarter of the year, predicting challengers in the 2026 elections. Sullivan reported raising just under $1.

The Republican mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska (population 32,000), was defeated last week in his re-election bid by a Democrat. I can’t say that I followed this race closely, but that didn’t stop me from commenting on the result,

Seats on many local government councils are on the ballot, as well as seats on regional school boards for nearly all of the school districts in the region.

The measure seeks to make explicit that non-citizens cannot vote in Alaska elections, a restriction that already exists in state law. Formally titled “An Act requiring that only United States citizens may be qualified to vote in Alaska elections,” the ...