Politics

Eleven candidates for the Alaska Legislature withdrew from Nov. 5′s general election.

The sixth-place finisher will appear on the top-four November ballot after two Republican candidates dropped out.

A national legislators’ group is pushing Congress to give states more time to spend money for homeless students, but advocates say it may be too late for an extension.

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The departures mean a head-to-head race between nonpartisan candidate Ky Holland and Republican Lucy Bauer.

Republican Matthew Salisbury and Alaskan Independence Party chairman John Wayne Howe will advance, joining frontrunners Mary Peltola, the Democratic incumbent, and GOP businessman Nick Begich III.

The group seeking to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries in Alaska had raised just over $61,000 by late August.

The department is expected to report new information next year on how families of homeschooled students use the funds they are allotted.

The head of the Alaska Division of Elections said that “we’re very concerned” by the incident and the agency is working with the U.S. Postal Service to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Historical trends indicate the cause may be a boring ballot and a growing voter roll

Lawmakers say “small tweaks” to policy can attract and keep more teachers in Alaska’s classrooms.

The race between incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Merrick and challenger Jared Goecker, also a Republican, is set to serve as a referendum on bipartisanship.

At the forum held during the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference, both candidates said they would be favorable to the state’s oil and gas industry.

Nick Moe is ending his campaign, paving the way for Democrat Carolyn Hall to represent a West Anchorage district in the Alaska House starting in January.

The Trump administration had taken steps to remove the protections, but the Biden administration found legal flaws in that process.

For months, Alaska’s National Guard and congressional delegation said that changes proposed from Washington would have devastating consequences for local operations and personnel.

The state of Alaska is continuing its effort to oppose Alaska Native tribes’ effort to protect traditional lands via federal trust.

McKay became the latest in a series of Republicans dropping out of races with more than one GOP candidate.

Dahlstrom said her withdrawal was “the best thing” she could do to make sure incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola wasn’t reelected. Now, support from some national GOP figures who backed Dahlstrom has started shifting to Republican Nick Begich III.

The one-term Republican praised Alaska’s ranked choice voting system and decried the veto of a bill that would have permanently increased public education funding.

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that will allow a ballot question to appear before voters in November.

AIDEA has long used outside attorneys. What’s new is selecting firms in advance, which the agency’s leader says allows work to happen more quickly than going through the state’s procurement process each time an issue comes up.

Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola had more votes than her 11 challengers combined.