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Twenty-two U.S. House candidates file to run in Alaska’s new top-four primary system, a decade-high

The filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House in Alaska was June 1, 2022. This year, 22 candidates are running in Alaska’s At-Large U.S. House district, a decade-high. The candidates running include nine Republicans, one Democrat, nine independents, and three third-party candidates. The 22 candidates running this year…

Ballotpedia · Aug 11, 2022

In Congress, the name of a bill may have nothing to do with what's in it – it's all about salesmanship

Quick quiz: What’s the name of the compromise climate bill that U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, last week agreed to support?

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2022

Early voting begins in several Alaska communities ahead of Aug. 16 election

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early voting opened Monday in Alaska ahead of the Aug. 16 primary and special U.S. House general elections.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Making sense of the US House special election in Alaska

Welcome to the Wednesday, June 22, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Jun 22, 2022

Race for Alaska's US House seat taking shape

The race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is taking shape

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2022

In a time of national division, polarizing primaries are part of the problem

It is said the best medicine for what ails democracy is more democracy. But what does more democracy mean? If it just means more of the kind of politics we have now then it hardly offers a remedy.

WEKU · Jun 18, 2022

Peltola advances to special election for Alaska US House

Democrat Mary Peltola is joining three other candidates in advancing to the August special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Next Alaska House member will come from a field of 4 that includes Palin

Three of the four candidates who advanced from Alaska’s all-party special House primary last weekend may have familiar names, but the Last Frontier State is living up to its nickname by venturing into unexplored territory in the way it will pick a winner in August to serve the remainder of…

Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2022

Next Alaska House member will come from a field of four that includes Palin - Roll Call

The state’s ranked choice voting system gives incentive for candidates to message across party lines, advocates say.

Roll Call · Jun 17, 2022

Palin, Begich and Gross advance in the Alaska U.S. House race

The top four vote-getters in the special primary advance to a special election, set for Aug. 16, in which ranked choice voting will be used.

WEKU · Jun 16, 2022