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Alaska

	AK Libertarian Party	Alex Coker	1	+100.00%
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	AK - At-Large	Nick Begich III	1	+2.45%
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	President	Donald J. Trump	10	+13.14%
Senate
	Senate Class II	Daniel S. "Dan" Sullivan	3	+12.70%
	Senate Class III	Lisa Murkowski	7	+7.40%
State Government
	Governor	Mike J. Dunleavy	4	+26.08%
	Lieutenant Governor	Nancy Dahlstrom	2	+26.08%
	Attorney General
	AK State Senate	Coalition Control	0	+40.00%
	AK State House	Coalition Control	0	+5.00%

State DETAILS

Parents

> United States

Website

http://www.state.ak.us/

Established

January 03, 1959

Disbanded

Still Active

Contributor

Scott³

Last Modified

RP March 22, 2020 02:40pm

Description

State of Alaska
"North to the Future"

The largest state of the Union in terms of physical size, Alaska lies to the far north of the Pacific Ocean bordering Russia, Canada and the Arctic.

It is the 49th state and is comprised of 25 counties. The capital is Juneau.

On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward signed an agreement with Russian Minister to the United States Baron Edouard Stoeckl ceding possession of the vast territory of Alaska to the U.S. for the sum of $7.2 million. In 1879, lacking a civil infrastructure in the new American district, the United States Navy took control over Alaska under the leadership of Commander L. A. Beardslee who became its military governor. Congress' passage of the First Organic Act of 1884 stripped military power over Alaska and installed various localized civil governments throughout the district. In 1897, the Klondike Gold Rush ushered in a wave of migration into Alaska.

In April of 1912, Congress passed the Second Organic Act which conferred territory status, a mandate to create a legislature and appointment of a governor. In January of 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower officially endorsed statehood for Alaska & on January 3, 1959 he signed the official declaration making Alaska the 49th state.

General Elections: Polling places open from 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Primary Elections: Held on the 4th Tuesday in August of every even-numbered year.[Link]

Legislative terms begin on the second Monday in January following a presidential election year and on the third Tuesday in January following a gubernatorial election.

Registration is Partisan.

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Alaska Democratic Party

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Alaskan Independence Party

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Division of Elections: State of Alaska

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Green Party of Alaska

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Republican Moderate Party of Alaska