The Alaska Division of Elections has received several thousand absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 general election. Those voters would not have known that incumbent Gov. Bill Walker was ending his re-election campaign.
Alaska Elections
Democrat Begich turns to Alaska voters one more time in governor’s race
For months, Mark Begich faced pressure from fellow Democrats to drop out of the Alaska governor’s race. Now, he’s their best shot at winning the seat.
Gov. Walker says he quit race to boost Democratic rival Begich
Walker, the only independent governor in the country, said Friday he could not win a three-way race and that Alaskans deserve a choice other than Dunleavy.
Updated: Gov. Walker suspends re-election campaign and backs Begich
There was an audible gasp from the crowd as he made the suspension announcement at the AFN Convention.
Begich discusses campaign viability, ‘path forward’
“A lot of dynamics have changed in the last 24 hours. The question now, really, is the viability of campaigns,” Begich said.
So the lieutenant governor resigned. Now what?
The news of Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott’s resignation Tuesday had a lot of people wondering what will happen next