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6 days ago · The responses to my last video about the Division of Elections have been interesting to me. The biggest surprise was the number of people asking me to run for Lt Governor, however Ranked Choice voting did away with that race. It’s a flattering sentiment In …
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Floundering Peltola waffles on past support of trans athletes in …
Oct 22, 2024 · Despite sponsoring and voting with fellow Democrats in support of radical transgender policies during her first term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola is now attempting to walk back her support of male athletes competing as girls.
FAIRBANKS RESULTS: Voters limit borough tax powers, but …
Oct 2, 2024 · All qualified absentee and questioned ballots will be counted on October 8, which could also impact several other races. Conservative Borough Assembly Candidate Tammie Wilson was narrowly ahead of Garret Armstrong – 50.7% to 49%, while left-leaning Assembly candidate Kristan Kelly was slightly ahead of conservative Jimi Cash – 50.5% to 49.1%.
Debate shows Rep. Vance is the conservative choice for House …
Oct 15, 2024 · A very fair, entertaining and well crafted summary of the candidate forum. Key to discerning which of these three candidates to vote for is: (1) strong opposition to RCV, (2) unwavering belief that tapping Alaska’s extraordinary supply of natural gas is sane and that reliance on unreliable ‘renewables’ is insane, and that the PFD belongs to the people of Alaska and not to be continuously ...
UPDATE: Ranked Choice repeal remains on track to pass
Nov 12, 2024 · You’re confusing two seperate reforms that were put together. Ranked Choice Voting is not the same thing as open primaries. Ranked Choice Voting is simply a form a of instant run-off voting which fixes the spoiler problem so that the final candidate will have a majority of the votes when their are multiple candidates spliting the votes.
Both Dems and GOP see Begich v. Peltola race as major key to …
Oct 30, 2024 · With all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives up for election this year, the race between Alaska’s Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich is seen as a key to controlling the People’s House for the next two years.
Begich claims victory, but Peltola refuses to concede AK’s U.S.
Nov 18, 2024 · Eleven days after election day, Nick Begich claimed victory over incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in a closely contested battle for Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House. On Nov. 16…
More death, fewer babies and out-migration expected to erode …
Dec 2, 2024 · Alaska can look forward to far fewer babies and many more older people over the next quarter century. According to a new report by Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the agency is predicting its first-ever long-term statewide population decline.. Alaska’s long-term population projections show the state declining from about 737,000 people in 2023 to 723,000 by 2050, a 2 ...
Alaska judge faces mounting opposition in bid to stay on the bench
Oct 25, 2024 · Of the 19 judges who are up for retention election this year, none have generated the heated controversy and opposition that surrounds Anchorage Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman – the man who issued a ruling this past April which threatened to undermine the state’s popular homeschool allotment program.