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Voters in Alaska’s at-large congressional district are heading to the polls Tuesday to vote in the state’s nonpartisan primary election. Twelve candidates, including two Democrats and four ...
Aug. 21—With nearly 97,000 votes counted the day after primary voting had ended, Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola had more votes than her 11 challengers combined. Peltola's challengers included ...
The minimum wage in Alaska at the time of the election was $11.73 an hour, an inflation-adjusted amount of the $9.75 an hour minimum wage enacted after the passage of the 2014 Ballot Measure 3. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
Polls closed in the state at 8 p.m. local time.
2024 Alaska U.S. House of Representatives debates and forums No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican Independence Democratic; Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn; Peltola Begich Howe Hafner 1 [77] Aug. 28, 2024 Alaska Oil and Gas Association Michelle Egan YouTube: P: P: N: N: 2 [78] Oct. 8, 2024
In the first round of tabulation in the general election, Murkowski finished first (with 43.37% of the vote); Tshibaka finished in a close second (42.60%). Chesbro received 10.37% of the vote, while Buzz Kelly received 2.89%. Murkowski won the election with 53.70% of the vote in the third round of tabulation.
Alaska's House and Senate elections are both competitive, as the state government has been divided for seven years. Polls closed at 8 p.m. local time.
As expected, there was a nationwide delay in reporting election results, due to the extreme influx of absentee and mail-in ballots as a public health measure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [67] In Alaska, these delays were especially severe. Alaska mailed absentee ballot applications to every voter aged 65 and over. [68]