In Alaska, voters in 2020 approved a switch to a ranked choice voting system. It is in place in 2022 for the first time.
Under the new system, Alaska holds open primaries and voters cast ballots for one candidate of any party, and the top four finishers advance. In the general election, voters rank those four candidates, from their first choice to their fourth choice.
The Alaska governor’s race could avoid ranked choice tabulation entirely. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is seeking a second term, currently has 50.3% of the vote — on track to narrowly top the 50% threshold necessary to win outright. However, Wednesday is the deadline for overseas votes to be counted — so additional votes could still shift the race’s margins. Democrat Les Gara is currently in second place with 24.2% of the vote, while independent former Gov. Bill Walker is third with 20.7%.
Peltola first won the House seat when a similar scenario played out in the August special election to fill the remaining months of the term of the late Rep. Don Young, a Republican who died in March after representing Alaska in the House for 49 years. The House race has showcased the unusual alliances in Alaska politics. Though Peltola is a Democrat, she is also close with Palin — whose tenure as governor overlapped with Peltola’s time as a state lawmaker in Juneau. The two have warmly praised each other. Palin has criticized the ranked choice voting system and asked voters to “rank the red” — listing the Republican candidates as their first and second choices. But she never took aim at Peltola in personal terms.
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