When longtime Republican Sen. Click Bishop abruptly announced in May that he would not run for re-election, it set off a scramble. With days to go before the filing deadline, four candidates hurriedly signed up to run for Bishop’s former seat in the Interior.

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Issues including drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, as well as mining and logging.

Elections Tuesday in four census areas of Alaska will be under federal scrutiny, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Two potential Democratic candidates ranked in the top five contenders in a new poll of Alaska's 2026 gubernatorial race.

Candidates in this year’s race already had a forum penciled into their calendars, but no invitations had been sent

The event is normally a key part of statewide political campaigns but was squeezed out by other priorities, a top organizer said.

This video about Alaska’s “Final Four” election system brings together Alaskan legislative leaders from across the aisle to discuss how this system works and early results indicating this reform can create a more representative democracy,

For the third time, the Alaska House in the Bering Strait region is a showdown between a seasoned lawmaker from the hub community of Nome who has represented the district for 15 years and a challenger from the smaller village of Shishmaref who nearly beat the incumbent in the past two elections.

Alaska’s three members of Congress joined a majority of the House and Senate in voting to approve a budgetary resolution that averts a government shutdown until at least December. Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola,

Several groups representing Alaska businesses are opposed to a ballot initiative that would increase the state's minimum wage and guarantee Alaska workers paid sick leave, though no money has so far been spent campaigning against the measure.

The race is a rematch after Democrat Mary Peltola beat Republicans Nick Begich and Sarah Palin in an August 2022 special election.