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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska politicians, election officials and congressional staffers scrambled Monday to adapt to one of the biggest shifts in the state’s political landscape in a half-century: the death of GOP U.S. Rep. Don Young.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — With high-stakes gubernatorial, legislative and local elections looming, Alaska candidates can now collect unlimited campaign donations after the commission charged with enforcing the state’s campaign finance laws chose to eliminate the state’s contribution limits rather than update them to satisfy a federal court order.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce will run in this year’s gubernatorial election, making him the second high-profile Republican challenger to incumbent GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy and further complicating the dynamics of the first campaign under Alaska’s new election system.