Eric Hafner is serving a 20-year sentence in a New York federal prison. Alaska Democrats argue that should disqualify him from the ballot.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Native corporations are worried as the U.S. Small Business Administration is talking about changes to a program that has brought billions in revenues to disadvantaged companies, which make up just over 10 percent of all small business contracts.

Eleven candidates dropped out after the primary. Many said they wanted to help build support around stronger candidates.

A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska’s general election ballot for the state’s lone U.S.

The Alaska Division of Elections certified August’s primary election results on Sunday. All 40 seats in the Alaska state House will be on the general election ballot, alongside 10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate.

The leading group in favor of keeping Alaska's system of open primaries and ranked choice voting raised over $4.5 million in August from Outside donors, which dwarfs all the donations received by a group seeking to repeal the state's current voting system.

The sixth-place finisher will appear on the top-four November ballot after two Republican candidates dropped out.

Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in last week’s U.S. House primary in Alaska are set to advance to November’s ranked choice general election.

A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska's general election ballot for the state's lone U.S. House seat this November. Eric Hafner was convicted in 2022 of threatening to kill judges,

Alaska law requires an elected U.S. representative to reside in the state, but the law does not prohibit a convicted felon from running or holding office.

The Alaska Democratic Party sued the Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday, seeking a state court injunction that would remove Eric Hafner from the state’s U.S. House election ballots. Hafner, running as a Democrat,

This is a big election year across America and in Alaska. In November, Alaskans will be voting for president, our lone U.S. House seat, most of the Alaska Legislature and ballot measures on whether to increase the minimum wage and whether to keep or repeal rank choice voting and the open primary election system.