Most Alaska votes have now been counted. In this month’s election, Pam Goode, Constitution Party nominee for State House, district 9, polled 26.74% of the vote. She lost to Republican nominee Jim Colver, who got 58.16%. But she easily did better than the Democratic nominee, Mabel Wimmer, who only got 14.40%. Here is a link to the Alaska Division of Elections web page, showing election results.
District nine includes Glennallen, Delta Junction, and Palmer, communities north of Anchorage but south of Fairbanks.
Will have to give my congratulations to Constitutionalist Pam Goode. Either the Democratic nominee did not put up a serious effort, or the Constitutionalist made a serious effort. It is unusual for a 3rd party or Independent candidate to come in 2nd when both major parties have nominees in the race.
The district included Valdez and Whittier, which are east of Anchorage, and other areas are just beyond the tip of Cook Inlet northeast of Anchorage (near Wasilla) But it extends north to areas southeast of Fairbanks, including Deltana (you had an entry about the election of a registered Constitution member to a community board there).
Goode carried one precinct – Sheep Mountain (Con 63; Rep 35; Dem 12), and did fairly well in the northern part of the district, but that was in part due to the very weak Democratic performance (6.55% in Big Delta for example).
The Republican primary was closely contested by 3 candidates, and that might have had an effect on the general election.
“you had an entry about the election of a registered Constitution member to a community board there.”
Yes, that local community board member could have worked hard encouraging voters to support candidate Goode.
If so, this is an example of what 3rd parties need to do – if they insist on working for election of their own members rather than co-nomination a major party nominee(s). Stay on the local level, i.e., precinct and county. In the smaller jurisdictions the 3rd party candidate can have a “one on one” with the voters and money spent is not necessarily what makes the difference in the election. This may be a slow process, but for those 3rd partisans in their 20’s, they’ve a lifetime to build up support for their party.