2024 Alaska elections
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Alaska state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on August 20, 2024.[1]
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Federal offices
President of the United States
Donald Trump won Alaska's 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
| Party | Candidate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Republican | Donald Trump | 184,458 | 54.54% | +1.71% | |
| Democratic | Kamala Harris | 140,026 | 41.41% | -1.36% | |
| Independent | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (withdrawn)
Nicole Shanahan (withdrawn) |
5,670 | 1.68% | N/A | |
| Libertarian | Chase Oliver | 3,040 | 0.90% | -2.38% | |
| Independent | Jill Stein | 2,342 | 0.69% | N/A | |
| Aurora | Cornel West | 1,127 | 0.33% | N/A | |
| Constitution | Randall Terry | 812 | 0.24% | -0.07% | |
| American Solidarity | Peter Sonski
Lauren Onak |
702 | 0.21% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 338,177 | 100.00% | |||
United States House of Representatives
Incumbent Democratic representative Mary Peltola lost reelection to Nick Begich III after first being elected in the 2022 special election.
| Party | Candidate | First choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | ||||
| Republican | Nick Begich III | 159,550 | 48.41% | 159,777 | 48.49% | +267 | 160,044 | 48.77% | +4,817 | 164,861 | 51.22% | ||
| Democratic | Mary Peltola (incumbent) | 152,828 | 46.37% | 152,948 | 46.42% | +1,313 | 154,261 | 47.01% | +2,724 | 156,985 | 48.78% | ||
| Independence | John Wayne Howe | 13,010 | 3.95% | 13,210 | 4.01% | +661 | 13,871 | 4.23% | -13,871 | Eliminated | |||
| Democratic | Eric Hafner | 3,417 | 1.04% | 3,558 | 1.08% | -3,558 | Eliminated | ||||||
| Write-in | 750 | 0.23% | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Total votes | 329,555 | 329,493 | 328,176 | 321,846 | |||||||||
| Inactive ballots[a] | 6,360 | +1,317 | 7,677 | +6,330 | 14,007 | ||||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||||||||||
State offices
State judiciary
Judges and justices are appointed by the governor and must be approved by voters at the first statewide general election held more than three years after their appointment, and then every 10 years afterwards. All members of the judiciary were approved by voters in the election.[4][5]
State Supreme Court
On the Alaska Supreme Court, Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed justices Dario Borghesan (in 2020) and Jennifer S. Henderson (in 2021) appeared on the ballot and were approved by voters. Both thus have an initial term of 10 years, expiring in 2034.
Justice Borghesan retention
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 50–60%
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Yes |
159,319 | 60.61 |
| No | 103,541 | 39.39 |
| Total votes | 262,860 | 100.00 |
| Source: Alaska Division of Elections[2] | ||
Justice Henderson retention
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 50–60%
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes |
156,819 | 60.14 |
| No | 103,919 | 39.86 |
| Total votes | 260,738 | 100.00 |
| Source: Alaska Division of Elections[2] | ||
Appellate Court
On the Alaska Court of Appeals, incumbent judge Marjorie Allard was approved by voters to serve another 10-year term, while Timothy Terrell was approved by voters after being appointed in 2020 by governor Mike Dunleavy.
Judge Allard retention
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 50–60%
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes |
159,078 | 61.25 |
| No | 100,662 | 38.75 |
| Total votes | 259,740 | 100.00 |
| Source: Alaska Division of Elections[2] | ||
Judge Terrell retention
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 50–60%
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes |
148,897 | 58.02 |
| No | 107,751 | 41.98 |
| Total votes | 256,648 | 100.00 |
| Source: Alaska Division of Elections[2] | ||
Local courts
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman, described as the "only [judge] with a campaign against him" due to a controversial decision which found state payments to families of homeschooled students unconstitutional.[6][7]
State legislature
All 40 seats of the Alaska House of Representatives and 10 of 20 seats of the Alaska State Senate were up for election.
State senate
The bipartisan majority caucus retained its majority, albeit with two seats with majority-caucus affiliated Republicans flipping to independent Republicans.
| Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | Gary Stevens | 17[b] | 14[c] |  3 | |
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 3 | 6 |  3 | |
| Total | 20 | 20 | |||
House of Representatives
The Democratic-led bipartisan coalition achieved a majority of seats.[8][9]
| Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-led Coalition | Calvin Schrage | 16[d] | 21[e] | 5 | |
| Republican-led Coalition | Cathy Tilton | 23[f] | 19[g] | 4 | |
| Independent Republican | David Eastman | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 40 | |||
Ballot measure
Measure 1
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
A ballot measure was approved by voters which would increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027 and expand sick paid leave. The minimum wage in Alaska at the time of the election was $11.73 an hour, an inflation-adjusted amount of the $9.75 an hour minimum wage enacted after the passage of the 2014 Ballot Measure 3.[10][11][12]
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes |
183,744 | 57.98 |
| No | 133,162 | 42.02 |
| Total votes | 316,906 | 100.00 |
Measure 2
A ballot measure was narrowly rejected by voters which would have returned the state to its traditional first-past-the-post voting system, reversing the 2020 Ballot Measure 2 which created the ranked choice, multi-round voting system that governed the 2022 and 2024 elections.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 No |
160,973 | 50.12 |
| Yes | 160,230 | 49.88 |
| Total votes | 321,203 | 100.00 |
See also
- Bilingual elections requirement for Alaska (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)[14]
Notes
- Includes overvotes, undervotes, and exhausted ballots where another candidate was not ranked.
- Consists of 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
- Consists of 9 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
- 1 Republican caucused with 11 Democrats and 4 Independents to form a minority coalition caucus.
- 2 Republicans caucus with 14 Democrats and 5 Independents to form a new majority coalition caucus.
- 2 Democrats caucused with 20 Republicans and 1 Independent to form a majority coalition caucus.
- 19 Republicans remained in the minority caucus.