Alaska voters on Tuesday cast their ballots in the state’s first ranked choice election to decide who will serve the remainder of the late Congressman Don Young’s Term. Alaskans also voted in the primary election, picking their top candidate for a full U.S. House term, U.S. Senate, governor and state legislative seats.
Below are the results so far. For more about the U.S. House results click here and read about the governor and U.S. Senate primary here.
(The tallies below will update as the state Division of Elections releases additional vote counts.)
U.S. House special general election:
U.S. House
2022 Alaska District 1 Special General
Updated Aug 17, 2022, 5:16 PM
AP estimates
82% of votes counted
Mary Peltola D | 58,689 votes | 38.0% |
Sarah Palin R | 49,262 votes | 31.9% |
Nick Begich R | 44,065 votes | 28.6% |
Total Write-Ins | 2,288 votes | 1.5% |
U.S. House primary:
U.S. House
2022 Alaska District 1 Open Primary
Updated Aug 17, 2022, 5:15 PM
AP estimates
820% of votes counted
Mary Peltola, Sarah Palin and Nick Begich win. One additional candidate will win in this race.
Mary Peltola D | 54,941 votes | 35.2% |
Sarah Palin R | 48,651 votes | 31.1% |
Nick Begich R | 41,895 votes | 26.8% |
Tara Sweeney R | 5,773 votes | 3.7% |
Chris Bye LIB | 979 votes | 0.6% |
Alaska governor primary:
Governor
2022 Alaska Open Primary
Updated Aug 17, 2022, 5:15 PM
AP estimates
82% of votes counted
Mike Dunleavy, Bill Walker and Les Gara win. One additional candidate will win in this race.
Mike Dunleavy (i) R | 64,676 votes | 41.8% |
Bill Walker NP | 34,248 votes | 22.1% |
Les Gara D | 33,974 votes | 21.9% |
Charlie Pierce R | 10,574 votes | 6.8% |
Christopher Kurka R | 6,091 votes | 3.9% |
U.S. Senate primary:
U.S. Senate
2022 Alaska Open Primary
Updated Aug 17, 2022, 5:15 PM
AP estimates
82% of votes counted
Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka win. Two additional candidates will win in this race.
Lisa Murkowski (i) R | 68,800 votes | 44.2% |
Kelly Tshibaka R | 61,994 votes | 39.8% |
Patricia Chesbro D | 9,620 votes | 6.2% |
Buzz Kelley R | 3,450 votes | 2.2% |
Pat Nolin R | 1,706 votes | 1.1% |