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Democrat Mary Peltola wins special US House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Democrat Mary Peltola was the apparent winner of Alaska’s special U.S. House race and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress, after votes were tabulated Wednesday in the state’s first ranked-choice election.

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Democrat Mary Peltola tops Sarah Palin to win U.S. House special election in Alaska

Mary Peltola narrowly won a special election that was determined by a ranked-choice voting tabulation. She will become the first Alaska Native in Congress.

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Democrat Mary Peltola defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska special election

Peltola, who beat Sarah Palin, will be the first Alaska Native elected to Congress.

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Democrat Mary Peltola defeats Sarah Palin to become first Native Alaskan woman to win congressional race

Controversial former vice-presidential candidate’s bid to return to frontline politics dramatically falls short

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Peltola wins Alaska special election to fill Young’s House seat - Roll Call

Democrat Mary Peltola beat Sarah Palin and businessman Nick Begich III in Alaska's special election to succeed the late Rep. Don Young.

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Special election results expected for lone Alaska House seat

State elections officials plan to release results Wednesday of the special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat, with Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Mary Peltola vying to become the first woman to hold the seat

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Meet the ‘pro-fish’ Democrat who is leading against Sarah Palin in deep red Alaska

Mary Peltola pulled ahead in the first round of Alaska’s ranked choice special election, Richard Hall reports. Can she hold the lead?

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Alaska Airlines passenger says airline is ‘stranding’ customers at remote airport in the Arctic

‘People informed us we had little chance of getting out today or even in the next few days,’ says shocked customer

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More state legislative seats are open this year than at any point since 2012

Welcome to the Wednesday, August 31, Brew.

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Results in Alaska’s special US House race expected Wednesday when candidates are set to share a stage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Candidates in the special U.S. House race are scheduled to meet in person for a forum in Anchorage Wednesday afternoon. The Alaska Division of Elections is set to release results of the election while the forum is ongoing, with all three contenders sharing the stage when results…

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Photography in flight over Alaska: the aerial images of Acacia Johnson

Only 20 percent of the US state of Alaska is accessible by road. So aviation is an essential service for the supply of food, transport and medical care. For many pilots, flying is also part of their everyday life, a way to connect with the landscape, even a "spiritual" approach…

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Murkowski, Tshibaka, Chesbro, and Kelley advance to the general election in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

Nineteen candidates ran in the top-four Senate primary in Alaska on August 16, 2022. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R), Kelly Tshibaka (R), Patricia Chesbro (D), and Buzz Kelley (R) advanced to the general election.

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T-Mobile tackles 5G dead zones with Starlink satellite partnership

The service, which should launch next year, will cover the continental U.S., Hawaii, parts of Alaska, Puerto Rico, and territorial waters.

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How much money do states spend on education?

Data collected as a result of the Every Student Succeeds Act shows New York had the highest median per pupil spending on education in 2019.

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Yemen’s HSA Pledges $1.2m to UN Drive to Avert Safer Tanker Oil Spill

Yemen’s HSA Group on Thursday became the first private entity to pledge funds for a United Nations operation to avoid an oil spill from a tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen, as the UN urgently tries to secure an initial requirement of $80 million. The international organization, which has…

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Meet the ‘pro-fish’ Democrat who is leading against Sarah Palin in deep red Alaska

Mary Peltola pulled ahead in the first round of Alaska’s ranked choice special election, Richard Hall reports. Can she hold the lead?

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Republican Sweeney plans to withdraw from Alaska House race

Alaska Republican U.S. House candidate Tara Sweeney says she plans to end her campaign

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Republican Tara Sweeney drops out of Alaska US House race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Tara Sweeney said Tuesday she is dropping out of the U.S. House election, after garnering around 3.7% of votes counted so far in the primary race — enough to put her in fourth place and place her name on the November ballot.

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Meet the ‘pro-fish’ Democrat who is leading against Sarah Palin in deep red Alaska

Mary Peltola pulled ahead in the first round of Alaska’s ranked choice special election, Richard Hall reports. Can she hold the lead?

Tribune News Service

Results from Alaska's first ranked choice vote are still days away. Maine's top election official says that's a good thing

Voting in Alaska's ranked choice election has already concluded, but results won't be known until more than two weeks after the election was held.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Cheney's and Murkowski's fates tied to their states' primary systems

If you want to know how to save American democracy, look no further than the cases of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The primary elections systems in their states dictated two divergent political fates.

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Ranked choice voting, in first test in Alaska, is already under attack

Alaskans went to the polls this week for the first time using a new ranked choice system that’s already under attack by a number of the politicians competing within it, and voters, in interviews, offered wide-ranging reviews.

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

On Tuesday, we covered elections in Alaska and Wyoming. Final results for Alaska may not be available until Aug. 31. Here are some highlights:

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