Alaska Senate election dates and Voting Live
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Alaska Senate election dates and Voting Live

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Alaska Senate election dates and Voting Live 2020 
Alaska Senate election Dates 2020
Alaska Senate election​ Date: August 18, 2020​ 

Alaska Senate election Voting Live

One-term incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan was elected to the first term in 2014, defeating incumbent Democratic senator Mark Begich. He is running for a second term.


Alaska Senate election dates and Voting Live 2020 

Potential Democratic candidates include Begich, who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alaska in 2018, and Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz, who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alaska in 2010.

On July 2, 2019, Al Gross, an orthopaedic surgeon and fisherman, declared his candidacy as an Independent.


The Electoral system of Alaska

The term electoral system can refer to the method by which elections are conducted (e.g., whether officials are elected in single-winner versus multi-winner systems) or the method by which votes are tallied to determine the outcome of an election (e.g., plurality systems, majority systems, ranked-choice voting systems, etc.). In the United States, most federal and state-level officials are elected via plurality vote in single-winner contests, although some jurisdictions (e.g., cities, school boards, etc.) employ alternative electoral systems.

HIGHLIGHTS

·  In Alaska, state legislators (including state senators and state representatives) are elected via plurality vote in single-winner contests.

·  The governor and lieutenant governor are also elected via plurality vote in single-winner contests.

·  United States Senators and United States Representatives are elected via plurality vote in single-winner contests.

See the sections below for additional information on the following topics:

  1. Background: This section defines and describes methods for conducting elections, including single-winner systems and multi-winner systems. This section also defines and describes various vote-tallying methods, including plurality voting, majority voting, ranked-choice voting, block voting, single voting, and cumulative voting.
  2. Electoral systems used in Alaska: This section outlines the electoral systems used in federal elections (i.e., elections for president and United States senators and representatives) and state-level contests (i.e., elections for state legislators, governors, and other state executives).
  3. State legislation and ballot measures: This section lists state legislation and state and local ballot measures relevant to electoral systems policy.

Alaska Senate election Party and candidate 

  • Al Gross (Independent)
  • David Darden (Independent)
  • David Paul Matheny (Independent)
  • Dan Sullivan (Republican)


    Alaska Elections Results

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Past Alaska Elections Results 

United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016 

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±

 

Republican

Lisa Murkowski (incumbent)

138,149

44.36%

+8.87%

 

Libertarian

Joe Miller

90,825

29.16%

+28.59%

 

Independent

Margaret Stock

41,194

13.23%

N/A

 

Democratic

Ray Metcalfe

36,200

11.62%

-11.84%

 

Independent

Breck A. Craig

2,609

0.84%

N/A

 

Independent

Ted Gianoutsos

1,758

0.56%

N/A

 

n/a

Write-ins

706

0.23%

-39.70%

Total votes

311,441

100.00%

N/A

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