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.
There are just three races that will see candidates eliminated following the primary: the U.S. House race, a state Senate race and a state House race. Democratic Congresswoman Mary PeltolaIn Senate District L, covering Eagle River, Republican Sen. Kelly Merrick is in a tight race against three conservative challengers and one Democrat with roughly a third of the vote.
Democrat Lee Hammermeister is in third, followed by two former Republican House members: Ken McCarty in fourth and Sharon Jackson in fifth.The only other state legislative race that will see candidates eliminated in the primary is for the vast, rural House District 36, covering areas of the Interior from Glennallen to Delta Junction, Tok, Fort Yukon and Ruby. The race features four Republicans, one Democrat and a Libertarian. There’s no incumbent in the race, as Rep.
In the race to replace McKay in House District 15, former Republican Sen. Mia Costello leads with roughly 51% of the vote. Democrat Denny Wells has 44%. Wells ran for the seat in 2022 and lost to McKay by just a handful of votes. Turnout is roughly 18%. On the Kenai Peninsula, incumbent Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, a member of the bipartisan majority, has a narrow lead over his more conservative challenger, Rep. Ben Carpenter, R-Nikiski. Incumbent Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer has a nearly 10-point lead in a four-candidate field for a seat representing the southern Kenai Peninsula. Rep. Justin Ruffridge, R-Soldotna, has a 20-point lead over conservative challenger Ron Gillham.
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