Iris Samuels

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola had just over 50% of the vote after early results were reported in Alaska’s “pick-one primary.”

Voters will pick candidates for the U.S. House and the Alaska House and Senate. Primary election day polls will close at 8 p.m.

Lawmakers say current laws don’t protect the confidentiality of people who file complaints against legislators.

Voting in Alaska’s primary election ends on Tuesday.