Democrats flipping the seat comes as the party hopes to compete in statewide contests for the Senate and House in 2026. The state has only elected one Democratic senator since 1981 and only one Democratic House member since 1973. President Donald Trump easily won the state by double digits in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

Democratic Fairbanks Sen. Scott Kawasaki violated ethics law by holding constituent events too close to the 2024 state primary, a panel of the Alaska Legislature concluded in a report published Friday.

Incumbent Republican David Pruhs lost his bid for reelection as mayor of historically red Fairbanks, Alaska, to Democratic candidate Mindy O’Neall. O’Neall, who had the backing of the state’s Democratic Party,

Almost two dozen municipalities and boroughs across Alaska held local elections Tuesday, asking voters to decide on new mayors and propositions on the ballot.

Alaska's Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich continued their fundraising efforts in the third quarter of the year, predicting challengers in the 2026 elections. Sullivan reported raising just under $1.

The Alaska Supreme Court ordered backers of Gov. Mike Dunleavy to respond to subpoenas that seek to find whether they violated state campaign finance laws in the lead-up to the 2022 election. Alaska’s top court issued its ruling on Friday, affirming a lower court decision from January 2024.

This year’s ballot features three propositions, four candidates running for three open seats on the Assembly and four candidates running for three seats on the school board. One write-in candidate for school board is not featured on the ballot.

Seats on many local government councils are on the ballot, as well as seats on regional school boards for nearly all of the school districts in the region.

Initial results are in from Bethel’s municipal election and from Rural Education Attendance Area (REAA) school board elections throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.