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Tight House races make for crowded Most Vulnerable Incumbent list - Roll Call

Roll Call's final Most Vulnerable Incumbents House list is here, and Republicans make up seven and Democrats three.

Roll Call · Oct 29, 2024

Many House members are vulnerable. Here’s the Top 10. - Roll Call

Unlike this year’s presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022. Inside Elections with Nathan…

Roll Call · Sep 12, 2024

Alaska Ballot Includes Felon Serving 20-Year Sentence For Threats

Convicted felon Eric Hafner unexpectedly secures spot on Alaska's U.S. House ballot after threats conviction in New Jersey.

Top News · Sep 4, 2024

Alaska congresswoman testifies on behalf of Oregon and Minnesota ranked-choice voting initiatives

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola testified before the Minnesota and Oregon legislatures on bills that would expand ranked choice voting in those states, a first for the winner of Alaska’s first ranked-choice election held last year.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

In Alaska, Ranked Choice Voting Worked

Partisan outrage over Sarah Palin's defeat shouldn't obscure the obvious benefits of better voting systems.

Reason · Nov 28, 2022

Next act for Palin unclear after Alaska House losses

Republican Sarah Palin re-emerged in Alaska politics over a decade after resigning as governor with hopes of winning the state’s U.S. House seat

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

Democrat Mary Peltola, the 1st Alaska Native in Congress, wins a full term

The first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and first woman to hold Alaska's House seat, Peltola beat Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich in ranked choice election results announced Wednesday.

WEKU · Nov 24, 2022

Rep. Mary Peltola wins Alaska’s US House race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mary Peltola, a Democrat and the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, on Wednesday won reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives. She will now serve a full two-year term after she prevailed in an August special election to serve out the final months of the late…

Tribune News Service · Nov 24, 2022

Peltola, 1st Alaska Native in Congress, wins full term

Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola has been elected to a full term in the House

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

Rep. Mary Peltola wins Alaska’s US House race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mary Peltola, a Democrat and the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, on Wednesday won reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives. She will now serve a full two-year term after she prevailed in an August special election to carry out the final months of a term…

Tribune News Service · Nov 24, 2022