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She received the plurality of the vote in 33 out of 40 Alaska House of Representatives districts. [47] Her top three districts were the fourth district in Southeast Alaska (79.5% of the vote) as well as the 17th and the 19th districts located in Anchorage (75.3% and 71.0% of the vote respectively).
The 2024 Alaska House of Representatives election took place on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial United States elections. [1] All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives were up for election.
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 ]
Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola catapulted to office in 2022 with a campaign that emphasized civility in politics. Weeks before Tuesday's primary, she faced backlash on social media after telling ...
Peltola is in two races on the Aug. 16, 2022, ballot in Alaska. One is the U.S. House special election, a ranked choice election in which she is competing against Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick ...
Peltola won with 55% of the vote, increasing her margin from the special election. [5] Peltola's final-round vote share of 55% was the best performance for a statewide Democratic candidate in Alaska since the 1974 Senate race, and the best performance for any statewide candidate in Alaska since the 2012 House race.
The 2022 Alaska House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election on August 16, 2022. [1] Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives, in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.
The primary election will occur on August 18, 2026. [1] Incumbent Nick Begich III was elected with 51.22% of the vote in 2024, narrowly defeating then-incumbent Mary Peltola, the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the House since 1972. [2] [3] [4] The race will be conducted using ranked-choice voting.