Primaries

Alaska's senior U.S. senator has been picked to lead the National Republican Senatorial Committee's "Native American Program." Sen. Lisa Murkowski, in a release, said she was proud to take on leadership of the new initiative. It is aimed at improving...

Gov. Sean Parnell says he will seek re-election next year.     Parnell made the announcement Friday in Fairbanks.     Parnell will seek to hold on to the office he's held since July 2009. He's coming off a legislative session in which he scored some...

Gov. Sean Parnell's proposal to move up the date of Alaska's primary elections has moved one step closer to a vote. The House Judiciary Committee advanced HB104, which would shift the date of the primary from the fourth Tuesday in August to the second...

Joe Miller, the 2010 Republican Senate Candidate, made his first major political speech in 12 months in the state and said he’s contemplating a 2014 Senate run at the Alaska Libertarian Party convention held Saturday in a midtown hotel. Miller kept...

Gov. Sean Parnell's push to move up the data of Alaska's primary elections has taken another step forward.     The House State Affairs Committee advanced a bill that would shift the date of the primary from the fourth Tuesday in August to the second...

The Alaska State Legislature released a list of dozens of prefiled bills from both chambers Monday as it prepares to convene next week, covering a range of topics from state fisheries to switchblades. House Bill 18, sponsored by Rep. Bill Stoltze (R-...

With the general election just a day away, officials in Fairbanks are working to clear up any remaining confusion over new election districts. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says the new election map is the product of redistricting mandated every 10...

The election is Tuesday, but there are some Alaska legislative seats that are essentially clinched. Democratic Sen. Lyman Hoffman of Bethel faces no opposition after Thursday's deadline for write-in candidates. Republicans Mike Dunleavy of Wasilla and...

The big election day is Tuesday, November 6, and the deadline to register to vote is the less than two weeks away. In Alaska, the deadline to register for the general election is October 7. Registration forms can be found online at the State Division...

The remaining primary ballots of the Alaska election in August have been counted, according to the Alaska Division of Elections. On Wednesday, the Division of Elections counted 263 absentee votes and now the State Review Board will go through the process...

Ballot Measure 1 is retaining its lead as the deadline approaches for counting overseas primary ballots. Division of Elections officials say ballots will be counted throughout the day. Wednesday is the deadline for overseas ballots and also when...

Updated results from last week's primary show a ballot measure concerning property taxes up by a slim margin.     Just 284 votes separated the two sides, with 58,014 voting for Ballot Measure 1 and 57,730 voting against it.     The measure would make it...