Eric Hafner will appear on the ballot alongside Democrat Mary Peltola, Republican Nick Begich and the Alaskan Independence Party’s John Wayne Howe.
Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jude Pate, right, asks a question during oral arguments in a case concerning correspondence education allotments, on June 27, 2024, in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage.
It also means that election preparations, including ballot printing and distribution, will continue on a previously published schedule. The Alaska Republican Party intervened on the side of elections officials, seeking to preserve their decision to promote Hafner. Peltola is believed to be in a close race with Begich, and some Democrats worry that Hafner could act as a spoiler by siphoning votes from Peltola.
That argument was rebutted by Demarest and attorney Richard Moses, representing the Alaska Republican Party.
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