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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As the Alaska’s first ranked choice election draws near, voters and political strategists are wondering about the advantages of ranking more than one candidate.

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A special election to fill the seat representing Alaska’s at-large district in the U.S. House will be held on Aug. 16. Sarah Palin (R), Nicholas Begich III (R), and Mary Peltola (D) are running. Al Gross (I) also advanced from the June 11 top-four primary, but he withdrew from the…

The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that will keep Republican Tara Sweeney off the ballot for the August special election in Alaska’s U.S. House race

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

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

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…

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

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.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, independent Al Gross and Democrat Mary Peltola solidified their leads in the race to advance to August’s special general election for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, according to an updated ballot count Wednesday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early results in Alaska's 48-candidate special primary election for U.S. House Saturday showed Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III taking the lead, followed by independent Al Gross. Democratic former state Rep. Mary Peltola, in her first statewide campaign, was in fourth.