Elections in Alaska

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Sidebar". 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

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Presidential elections

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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.

Vote in Alaska National vote
Year Candidate Year Candidate
1960 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Richard Nixon 1960 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|John F. Kennedy
1964 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lyndon B. Johnson 1964 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lyndon B. Johnson
1968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Richard Nixon 1968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Richard Nixon
1972 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Richard Nixon 1972 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Richard Nixon
1976 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Gerald Ford 1976 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jimmy Carter
1980 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ronald Reagan 1980 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ronald Reagan
1984 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ronald Reagan 1984 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ronald Reagan
1988 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George H. W. Bush 1988 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George H. W. Bush
1992 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George H. W. Bush 1992 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bill Clinton
1996 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bob Dole 1996 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bill Clinton
2000 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George W. Bush 2000 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George W. Bush
2004 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George W. Bush 2004 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George W. Bush
2008 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|John McCain 2008 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Barack Obama
2012 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mitt Romney 2012 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Barack Obama
2016 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Donald Trump 2016 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Donald Trump
2020 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Donald Trump 2020 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Joe Biden
2024 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Donald Trump 2024 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Donald Trump

United States congressional delegation elections

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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

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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.[6] The state's redistricting process allows the power to shorten the terms of state senators should a redistricting action substantially alter their district.

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.[7]

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

References

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External links

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