Key Facts

• Alaska voters took part in a primary election on Tuesday.
• The election includes races for U.S. Senate, governor, U.S. House, and state Legislature.
• Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is running for a third term.
• Mary Peltola, a former Democratic U.S. Representative, is a strong challenger.
• Sixteen candidates are competing in an all-party primary, where the top four move on to the general election.
• Alaska uses ranked choice voting, meaning voters rank candidates by preference.
• This is the third election cycle where Alaska is important in deciding control of the U.S. Congress.
• Alaska has a law approved in 2020 that changed how general elections work using ranked choice voting.