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Elections in Alaska

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Elections in Alaska

The number of elections in Alaska (Iñupiaq: Alaaskam naliġagviat) varies by year, but typically municipal elections occur every year, plus primary and general elections for federal and state offices occur during even-numbered years. Alaska has a gubernatorial election every four years. Members of the state's United States congressional delegation run for election or re-election at the times set out in the United States Constitution. Primary elections assist in choosing political parties' nominees for various positions. On a regional basis (see list of boroughs and census areas in Alaska), elections also cover municipal issues. In addition, a special election can occur at any time.

In a 2020 study, Alaska was ranked as the 15th hardest state for citizens to vote in.[1]

In 2020, Alaskan voters approved an initiative to implement a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary with a single, open primary where candidates from all parties are listed on the ballot and the top four vote-getters advance to the general election.[2] This system went into effect with the 2022 elections. Prior to this, registered voters in Alaska were given a choice between three primary ballots reflecting a semi-closed primary system.[3] Specifically, Democratic, Libertarian, Alaskan Independence and Independent candidates were listed on one ballot available to all registered voters and Republican candidates were listed on a second ballot available to voters registered as Republican, Nonpartisan or Undeclared.[3] In 2024, Alaskans voted on a measure to repeal the system and return to partisan primaries; the measure narrowly failed to pass.[4][5]

Ballot measures

Main article: List of Alaska ballot measures

Presidential elections

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Main article: United States presidential elections in Alaska
More information Year, Republican ...
United States presidential election results for Alaska[6]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
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#FFB6B6"}]]}">2020 #FFB6B6"}]]}">189,951 #FFB6B6"}]]}">52.83% #B0CEFF"}]]}">153,778 #B0CEFF"}]]}">42.77% 15,801 4.39%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">2016 #FFB6B6"}]]}">163,387 #FFB6B6"}]]}">51.28% #B0CEFF"}]]}">116,454 #B0CEFF"}]]}">36.55% 38,767 12.17%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">2012 #FFB6B6"}]]}">164,676 #FFB6B6"}]]}">54.80% #B0CEFF"}]]}">122,640 #B0CEFF"}]]}">40.81% 13,179 4.39%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">2008 #FFB6B6"}]]}">193,841 #FFB6B6"}]]}">59.42% #B0CEFF"}]]}">123,594 #B0CEFF"}]]}">37.89% 8,762 2.69%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">2004 #FFB6B6"}]]}">190,889 #FFB6B6"}]]}">61.07% #B0CEFF"}]]}">111,025 #B0CEFF"}]]}">35.52% 10,684 3.42%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">2000 #FFB6B6"}]]}">167,398 #FFB6B6"}]]}">58.62% #B0CEFF"}]]}">79,004 #B0CEFF"}]]}">27.67% 39,158 13.71%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1996 #FFB6B6"}]]}">122,746 #FFB6B6"}]]}">50.80% #B0CEFF"}]]}">80,380 #B0CEFF"}]]}">33.27% 38,494 15.93%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1992 #FFB6B6"}]]}">102,000 #FFB6B6"}]]}">39.46% #B0CEFF"}]]}">78,294 #B0CEFF"}]]}">30.29% 78,212 30.26%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1988 #FFB6B6"}]]}">119,251 #FFB6B6"}]]}">59.59% #B0CEFF"}]]}">72,584 #B0CEFF"}]]}">36.27% 8,281 4.14%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1984 #FFB6B6"}]]}">138,377 #FFB6B6"}]]}">66.65% #B0CEFF"}]]}">62,007 #B0CEFF"}]]}">29.87% 7,221 3.48%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1980 #FFB6B6"}]]}">86,112 #FFB6B6"}]]}">54.35% #B0CEFF"}]]}">41,842 #B0CEFF"}]]}">26.41% 30,491 19.24%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1976 #FFB6B6"}]]}">71,555 #FFB6B6"}]]}">57.90% #B0CEFF"}]]}">44,058 #B0CEFF"}]]}">35.65% 7,961 6.44%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1972 #FFB6B6"}]]}">55,349 #FFB6B6"}]]}">58.13% #B0CEFF"}]]}">32,967 #B0CEFF"}]]}">34.62% 6,903 7.25%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1968 #FFB6B6"}]]}">37,600 #FFB6B6"}]]}">45.28% #B0CEFF"}]]}">35,411 #B0CEFF"}]]}">42.65% 10,024 12.07%
#B0CEFF"}]]}">1964 #FFB6B6"}]]}">22,930 #FFB6B6"}]]}">34.09% #B0CEFF"}]]}">44,329 #B0CEFF"}]]}">65.91% 0 0.00%
#FFB6B6"}]]}">1960 #FFB6B6"}]]}">30,953 #FFB6B6"}]]}">50.94% #B0CEFF"}]]}">29,809 #B0CEFF"}]]}">49.06% 0 0.00%
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Alaskans have voted in United States presidential elections since 1960. With the exception of the candidacy of Barry Goldwater in 1964, the Republican Party has carried Alaska in every presidential election.

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Vote in AlaskaNational vote
YearCandidateYearCandidate
1960style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Richard Nixon1960style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">John F. Kennedy
1964style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Lyndon B. Johnson1964style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Lyndon B. Johnson
1968style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Richard Nixon1968style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Richard Nixon
1972style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Richard Nixon1972style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Richard Nixon
1976style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Gerald Ford1976style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Jimmy Carter
1980style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Ronald Reagan1980style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Ronald Reagan
1984style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Ronald Reagan1984style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Ronald Reagan
1988style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">George H. W. Bush1988style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">George H. W. Bush
1992style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">George H. W. Bush1992style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Bill Clinton
1996style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Bob Dole1996style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Bill Clinton
2000style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">George W. Bush2000style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">George W. Bush
2004style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">George W. Bush2004style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">George W. Bush
2008style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">John McCain2008style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Barack Obama
2012style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Mitt Romney2012style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Barack Obama
2016style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Donald Trump2016style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Donald Trump
2020style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Donald Trump2020style=\"color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF\""},{"html":""}]]}">Joe Biden
2024style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Donald Trump2024style=\"background-color:#FFB6B6\""},{"html":""}]]}">Donald Trump
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United States congressional delegation elections

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Main article: United States congressional delegations from Alaska

United States Senate elections

Alaska has a Class II Senator (currently Dan Sullivan) and a Class III Senator (currently Lisa Murkowski). Alaska first elected Senators in 1956 under the "Alaska–Tennessee Plan." They had no vote in the Senate, but were sent to represent Alaska as if they were, to lobby for statehood, and to assume the office of senator should the situation arise. Alaska's first voting senators were elected in the 1958 election; it was a special election due to the former territory's pending admission as a state.

Class II Senate elections

Class III Senate elections

United States House of Representatives elections

Alaska has had a single congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since statehood was granted in 1959.

Gubernatorial elections

Main article: List of governors of Alaska

Alaska Legislature elections

Alaska Senators have terms of four years; half of them are elected every two years. Alaska Representatives have terms of two years; all of them are elected every two years.[7] The state's redistricting process allows the power to shorten the terms of state senators should a redistricting action substantially alter their district.

  • 1994 Alaska state elections
  • 1996 Alaska state elections
  • 1998 Alaska state elections
  • 2000 Alaska state elections
  • 2002 Alaska state elections
  • 2004 Alaska state elections
  • 2006 Alaska state elections
  • 2008 Alaska state elections
  • 2010 Alaska state elections
  • 2012 Alaska state elections
  • 2014 Alaska state elections
  • 2016 Alaska state elections

Municipal elections

Virtually all of the state's municipalities hold their general elections in early October, with the notable exception of Anchorage. North Pole for many years held their elections in November, in the process holding them on the same day as state elections on even-numbered years, but eventually abandoned that in favor of October elections. Anchorage switched from an early October election day to one in early April around 1992.

Political parties

There are four qualified political parties.[8]

Lawsuits launched by Joe Vogler and Jim Sykes, among other lawsuits, led the Alaska Legislature to eventually revamp and relax laws pertaining to party status and ballot access. The first instance of a minor party gaining recognition came in 1982, when the gubernatorial candidacy of Dick Randolph under the Libertarian Party was successful enough to meet the existing party recognition threshold.

See also

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