Democrats flipping the seat comes as the party hopes to compete in statewide contests for the Senate and House in 2026. The state has only elected one Democratic senator since 1981 and only one Democratic House member since 1973. President Donald Trump easily won the state by double digits in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

Newsweek reports Republican Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs conceded to Democrat Mindy O'Neall Tuesday night after unofficial election night results showed O’Neall receiving 1,808 votes (54 percent) to Pruhs’ received 1,

Democratic Fairbanks Sen. Scott Kawasaki violated ethics law by holding constituent events too close to the 2024 state primary, a panel of the Alaska Legislature concluded in a report published Friday.

Almost two dozen municipalities and boroughs across Alaska held local elections Tuesday, asking voters to decide on new mayors and propositions on the ballot.

Alaska's Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich continued their fundraising efforts in the third quarter of the year, predicting challengers in the 2026 elections. Sullivan reported raising just under $1.

According to preliminary election results, Knackstedt was elected Kenai’s new mayor on Tuesday with 461 votes. Douthit received 326, and there were five write-ins. On Wednesday, Knackstedt thanked Douthit for the “clean, gentleman’s race that the voters observed.”

The Republican mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska (population 32,000), was defeated last week in his re-election bid by a Democrat. I can’t say that I followed this race closely, but that didn’t stop me from commenting on the result,

Seats on many local government councils are on the ballot, as well as seats on regional school boards for nearly all of the school districts in the region.

Initial results are in from Bethel’s municipal election and from Rural Education Attendance Area (REAA) school board elections throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.