Results are rolling for Tuesday’s primary election, voters' first chance this cycle to weigh in on races for the Alaska House and Senate.
Levi Gionet helps a voter cast his ballot for Alaska’s primary election at Anchorage School District on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Results are rolling for Tuesday’s primary election, the first time in the 2024 cycle that voters have a chance to weigh in on races for the Alaska House and Senate.
But first, one thing to keep in mind: Absentee ballots will continue to be counted through Aug. 30, and the results will not become official until certified in early September, according to the Division of Elections — so what we see tonight could change as more ballots are counted. Merrick has defended her decision to join the majority, saying she would not have been as effective a legislator had she been relegated to the minority, but Goecker and others cast her decision as a betrayal of conservative voters.
Kowalski, a former graduate research assistant who now works as a structural welder, pledged to “work across the aisle to fight for our region” in his. He told voters he supports increasing state education funding for public schools, restoring a defined-benefit retirement system for state workers and expanding the state’s substitute for Social Security known as the Supplemental Benefits System.
In Senate District H, which includes the Anchorage neighborhoods of Sand Lake and Campbell Lake and residents near Ted Stevens International Airport, the Democratic incumbent Sen. Matt Claman has a substantial early lead. Claman has roughly 59% with all 13 precincts reporting, though fewer than 20% of registered voters cast ballots in the race.Rep. Tom McKay, a Republican who ended his House reelection bid to challenge Claman, is in second place with 21%.
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