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Yearly Archives: 2022

Last shot: Alaska’s odd role at the end of the Civil War

By SUZANNE DOWNING / MUST READ AMERICA (Editor's note: This column was published at Must Read Alaska on June 19, 2020 and is republished on...

Final vote count for special primary election: 161,274

As the election for Alaska's temporary congressional seat moves to the next phase, 161,274 primary ballots have been counted by the Division of Elections...

Early results: Downtown Assembly seat goes to Daniel Volland

The left-leaning, Democrats' favorite candidate for the new Assembly seat for downtown Anchorage is leading in the hyper-local election that ended Tuesday night. With...

Murkowski votes to advance gun control, and Tshibaka blisters her as anti-Second Amendment

Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted with 13 other Republican senators to advance the gun control legislation currently before the Senate. The 80-page gun-control measure moved ahead on...

Mayor Bronson hires Mario Bird as Muni Attorney, replacing Patrick Bergt

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson today has selected Mario Bird as the Anchorage Municipal Attorney, and Michael Braniff as the Director of the Parks and Recreation...

Final three: Division of Elections rules Tara Sweeney cannot replace Al Gross on final four ballot in August

In the August special general election to decide a U.S. House representative for Alaska, there will be only three names for the ranked-choice ballot....

Race to replace: Gross explains why he quit, and Palin says she hopes Gross voters will give her a look

Former congressional candidate Al Gross issued a statement to his supporters on Tuesday morning, with an explanation as to why he has quit the...

Analysis: Gross drops, and Murkowski to consolidate power as allies maneuver to put Sweeney on ballot

The news began with startled text messages around Alaska Monday afternoon. With less than a week to go before candidates can drop their efforts...

Al Gross mysteriously pulls out of race, and Tara Sweeney will try to move into final four for Congress

Ballot Measure 2 was supposed to make elections less dirty. It does not seem to have done that. Al Gross is pulling out of...

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