Five takeaway lessons from Alaska’s first ranked choice election | #alaska | #politics
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Gail Fenumiai, director of the Alaska Division of Elections, laughs with Brian Jackson, election program manager, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, at division headquarters in Juneau as they prepare to reveal the results of Alaska’s first ranked choice election. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Division of Elections on Friday certified the state’s Aug. […]
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Ketchikan Republicans censure Sarah Palin over ‘bridge to nowhere’ controversy | #alaska | #politics
Sarah Palin holds up a T-shirt labeled “Nowhere, Alaska 99901” during a gubernatorial campaign forum in Ketchikan in 2006. (Creative Commons photo by Bob Weinstein) Ketchikan’s local Republican Party chapter voted Monday evening to censure Sarah Palin. The former governor is vying to replace Congressman Don Young, who died in March. Laura Antonsen is the […]
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In Alaska’s US House race, one campaign is ‘waging a war’ on Santa | #alaska | #politics
North Pole’s Santa Claus (Photo courtesy of Santa Claus’ Facebook page) One way to stand out in the crowded race for U.S. House is to have a memorable name, like Santa Claus. Claus, the white-bearded city councilman from North Pole, has great name recognition and could be a front-runner among the 48 candidates in the […]
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Alaska Native candidates for US House talk land into trust, climate change | #alaska | #politics
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska host a virtual forum for Alaska Native candidates for U.S. House on May 26, 2022. (Screenshot) “I would be no more prouder in my life than to have an Alaska Native be the U.S. Congressman,” the late Alaska Rep. Don Young said at the […]
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