Early Wednesday, political data firm Edison Research called Alaska’s presidential race for GOP President Donald Trump and the U.S. Senate race for incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan.
Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media
Here’s why Alaska is the slowest in the nation when it comes to counting votes
Elections officials face growing criticism from some Alaskans who characterize the week-long wait to start counting absentee ballots as a failure.
With more than 100,000 ballots still to count, Alaska campaigns cross fingers and crunch numbers
Political observers say they expect the uncounted absentee and early ballots to skew more strongly toward Democratic and independents since Republicans were more likely to vote in-person amid the pandemic. Others call Election Day a “routing of the liberal agenda.”
A torrent of Democratic absentee ballots could reverse Alaska’s Election Night vote counts
This year, experts warn that Alaskans should gird themselves for more widespread uncertainty for at least a week after Election Night, since the state won’t even start counting absentee ballots before then.
Trump administration will eliminate roadless protections for Alaska’s Tongass forest
Wednesday’s announcement, in a preliminary version of a government publication called the Federal Register, was broadly expected.
Gov. Dunleavy says he’ll vote no on oil tax increase, election overhaul initiatives
In a brief phone interview from his home Thursday, Dunleavy said that Ballot Measure 1, the oil tax increase, “has the potential to hurt, not help.”