Tuesday’s returns increased the chances of bipartisan majority coalitions forming in the House and Senate.
General election ballots at the Division of Elections Region II office in Anchorage on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. of absentee and early-voting ballots saw Democrats and progressives make gains in several key legislative races and take the lead in an open East Anchorage House seat, following a trend of a greater proportion of left-leaning voters casting ballots by mail.
• In an open East Anchorage House race, Republican Stanley Wright saw his lead shrink to 78 votes against Democrat Ted Eischeid, but the GOP candidate is holding on. From election night returns, Wright had been ahead by 151 votes. • Democrat Denny Wells increased his lead of first-choice votes and is with 46% against Republican Rep. Tom Mckay with 40% and Danny Eibeck, another Republican, with 14%. A large majority of Eibeck supporters will need to have ranked McKay second to see him keep his Sand Lake House seat.
• Fairbanks Democratic Sen. Scott Kawasaki increased his lead to 51% of first-choice votes, and tipped over the critical 50-percent threshold. If those results hold, Kawasaki would avoid the ranked choice tabulation and he would beat former Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly and Alex Jafre, both of whom are Republicans.
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