ALASKA

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ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline (Party Candidates): June 1, 2022 Filing Deadline (Independents): August 16, 2022 Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): November, 2022 Primary: August 16, 2022

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND: Bold = Active Candidate Italics = Potential Candidate * = Incumbent = Winner (Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on September 14, 2022

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
(Note: Governor & Lt. Governor candidates run together on tickets in the primary and general.)
Mike Dunleavy (R)* - (Campaign Site)
& Nancy Dahlstrom (R) - Ex-State Corrections Commissioner & Ex-State Rep.

Les Gara (D) - Ex-State Rep., Public Relations Consultant & Attorney
& Jessica Cook (D) - Teacher & Union Activist

Charlie Pierce (R) - Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor & Retired Utility Company Manager
& Edie Grunwald (R) - Retired USAF Colonel & '18 Lt Gov Candidate

Bill Walker (I) - Ex-Governor, Ex-Valdez Mayor & Attorney
& Heidi Drygas (I) - Ex-State Labor Commissioner & Attorney

Next State Gubernatorial Elections in 2022.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
[ Kevin Meyer (R)* - Retiring in 2022. ]

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House ( Majority Caucus - Minority Caucus )

State Senate ( Majority Caucus - Minority Caucus )

U.S. SENATOR:

Lisa Murkowski (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Pat Chesbro (D) - Retired Teacher, Democratic Activist & '14 St Sen Nominee
Kelly Tshibaka (R) - Ex-State Admin. Commissioner & Ex-Federal Official

Dan Sullivan (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2026.

U.S. CONGRESS:

At-Large:
Mary Peltola (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Nick Begich III (R) - Software Executive & Grandson of late US Rep Nick Begich
Chris Bye (L) - Fishing Guide & Retired Army Officer
Sarah Palin (R) - Ex-Governor, Ex-Wasilla Mayor & '08 VP Nominee

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Alaska Constitution Party (C) - State affiliate of the Life and Liberty Party
Alaskan Independence Party (AKIP)
Alaska Democratic Party (D)
Alaska Green Party (G) - not affiliated with national Green Party
Alaska Libertarian Party (L)
Republican Party of Alaska (R)
Unaffiliated / Nonpartisan / Undeclared / Independent (I)
Write-In (WI)

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

Alaska Division of Elections

Alaska Political Offices Commission (APOC)

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Alaska Beacon
Alaska Journal of Commerce
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage Press (Alternative)
Artic Sounder
Chilkat Valley News
Delta Discovery
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Homer Tribune
Juneau Empire
Kenai Peninsula Clarion
Ketchikan Daily News
Kodiak Daily Mirror
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
The Midnight Sun
Must Read Alaska
Nome Nugget
Petersburg Pilot
Seward Journal
Daily Sitka Sentinel
Skagway News
Wrangell Sentinel

Alaska Public Radio/TV
KAUU TV-5 (CBS - Anchorage)
KTBY TV-4 (Fox - Anchorage) / KYUR TV-12 (ABC - Anchorage)
KTUU TV-2 (NBC - Anchorage)
KDMD TV-33 (Telemundo - Anchorage)
KUAC FM 89.9 (Fairbanks)

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