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Nonpartisan analysts say Mary Peltola has a fighting chance but that Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan has the edge in a state President Trump won handily.

An Alaska group has filed a petition to the Division of Elections seeking to add a single word to a state statute banning noncitizen voting. Existing law states, "A person may vote at any election who is a citizen of the United States.

The primary will be held on Aug. 18. Polls on this page reflect the first round of a ranked-choice ballot.

Former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D) decision to launch a Senate bid in Alaska is giving Democrats a shot in the arm and raising their hopes about flipping the upper chamber this year. Peltola, who lost Alaska’s at-large House seat in 2024,

The former Alaska congressmember will likely face off against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and is a recruitment coup for national Democrats.

Alaska lawmakers opened the second year of their regular legislative session on Tuesday with an ambitious agenda but low expectations amid a tight budget that appears likely to draw the lion’s share of legislators’ attention.

Alaskans in 2020 approved a citizens initiative to adopt what is called ranked choice voting and used it for the first time in 2022. It eliminated party primary elections and moved the state to a one-size-fits-all primary where the top four vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.

Former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola said she would challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska, a move that could put the red-leaning state in play as Democrats make a long-shot bid to retake control of the Senate.

Candidates can now file to run in Anchorage’s spring election. The filing period opened at 8 a.m. Friday and closes at 5 p.m. on Jan. 30. This year, voters will decide six seats on the Anchorage Assembly and two seats on the school board.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A state appeals court will decide whether to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in American Samoa, one of numerous cases that has put a spotlight on the complex citizenship status of people born in the U.S. territory.