He said Alaska Republicans saw success in 2024 because they had “party discipline” — unlike in 2022, when support was split between Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin. Begich acknowledged the potential of gaining seats in Congress under ranked choice voting, but “that’s true only if there’s not more than one Republican in the general election.”

Carmela Warfield, chair of the Alaska Republican Party, said the party’s state central committee unanimously approved a motion to oppose ranked choice voting in September. Warfield said she signed McCarty’s repeal application in a personal capacity, and believed it would be successful.

The recount showed a slightly wider margin than did results certified by the Division of Elections on Nov. 30.

Similar scenes took place across the country Tuesday as 535 other electors voted for their state’s chosen candidate.

A recount of last month’s election concluded Wednesday without finding any change to the defeat of a ballot measure that aimed to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system. In addition,

Heading into Election Day, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump were locked in a tight race for the White House, and control of both the U.S. Senate and House was hanging in the balance.

In addition to voting in the presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, voters in Alaska will cast ... to our vote reporters on Election Day from county ...

The conservative state voted to back Trump in the last two elections. In 2020, Trump won Alaska with 53% of the vote to Joe Biden’s 43%. In 2016, Trump won Alaska with 53% to Hillary Clinton’s ...

Election officials finished recounting the results of Ballot Measure 2 on Monday, and the outcome remains unchanged.

Nonetheless, the incoming Trump administration plans to push Alaska into adding even more heat to the planet ... On Nov. 8, just three days after the election, Donald Trump put out a short social media video in which he bragged that during his first ...

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Donald Trump said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president.