June 1 was the deadline for candidates to file for the August 16 Alaska top-four primary.
For U.S. Senate, there are nine Republicans, three Democrats, two Alaskan Independence Party members, one Libertarian, and five independents. Total 20.
For U.S. House, there are eleven Republicans, four Democrats, two Libertarians, one American Independent registrant who lives in California, and thirteen independents. Total 31.
For Governor/Lt. Gov., there are five Republicans, one Democrat, one Libertarian, one Alaskan Independence member, and two independents. Total 10.
Here is the list, including legislative candidates. Candidates still have time to withdraw, so the final list might shrink.
58 of 59 state legislative races had 4 or fewer candidates, so everybody filed in those districts advances to November. The exception is House District 35 which had 5 candidates file. I guess we’ll find out in 2024 if there’s any more enthusiasm to run if the redistricting process wraps up quicker than it did in 2022.
Looking at the FAQ, I don’t think write-in candidates can qualify for the November ballot by finishing in the top 4 in a primary? so this isn’t gonna be like California write-ins in Top 2 primaries.
The system in Alaska does allow someone to continue to run in the general election as a write-in candidate if they fail to advance in the primary. It explicitly left a sore loser clause out of the reform. So in that sense, it’s slightly better than the rest of the Top X primaries in use right now. Just slightly…
NOOO primaries
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@Brian,
No write-in in primaries. It is pretty bizarre that Alaska has 60 legislative districts but all but one are contested.
There are 10 candidates running who are affiliated with political groups: 7 Libertarians, 2 Constitution, and 1 Veterans