Alaska Election Results Show Preliminary Votes for Statewide Races

Preliminary results from Alaska’s Nov. 3 general election were posted as of 3 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, covering races for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and 50 of the 60 seats in the Alaska Legislature, Anchorage Daily News reported. Voters also weighed in on two statewide ballot measures that address the state’s election system and voter eligibility.

Ballot Measure 2 would repeal Alaska’s open primaries, ranked choice general elections and some campaign finance disclosure requirements. Ballot Measure 3 would affirm an existing state law that requires a voter to be a U.S. citizen. Both measures appeared on the Nov. 3 ballot alongside the candidate races.

Ranked Choice Tabulation Delays Final Results Until Nov. 18

Under Alaska’s ranked choice voting system, voters rank candidates in order of preference, and a candidate needs more than 50% of first-choice votes to win outright. If no candidate reaches that threshold, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and those supporters’ votes are redistributed to their respective second choices, in a process compared to an instant runoff. The process repeats until a candidate receives more than 50% of votes.

LATEST: Noon on Election Day in Alaska

Because this redistribution cannot occur until initial counts are complete, final winners in races without an outright majority will not be known until the ranked choice tabulation scheduled for Nov. 18. Election results are set to be certified Nov. 25.

Early voting was already underway in Anchorage by Monday, Nov. 2, when Athena Fulton carried her ballot to the ballot box at City Hall in downtown Anchorage. As more ballots are processed, the Alaska Division of Elections will update the preliminary figures on its results page, which includes a summary report tracking returns across legislative districts and statewide offices.

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