2026 Alaska Voter Guide
2026 Alaska Primary Voter Guide
Thank you for checking out our voter guide for Alaska’s 2026 primary election. We hope it will help as you fill out your ballot.
To use the guide, first click on a race (U.S. Senate, U.S. House, etc.) to see who’s running. Then you can browse through the candidates, or you can scroll down to compare the candidates’ responses to a series of questions.
Alaska Public Media put this guide together with KTOO, the Alaska Beacon, and the Anchorage Daily News. Each news organization asked its readers, viewers and listeners this question: What do you want candidates to talk about?
Then we reached out to the candidates with a questionnaire based on your questions. Their answers make up the voter guide.
Special thanks go out to the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, which provided funding for this project.
Don’t hesitate to tell us what you think — this tool is for you.
The primary election is on Aug. 18. Early, in-person voting began Aug. 3.
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The Republican senator said his Democratic challenger would empower “lower 48 liberals.” Peltola blamed him for confirming Biden’s Interior secretary. -
NBC reports that federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas, but if so, they haven’t reached key figures in the U.S. Senate race. -
State polling locations are supposed to be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on primary election day. But in Nunapitchuk on Aug. 18, voters were left without a polling place for most of the day. It’s not clear exactly why. -
Several Alaska Native groups take the Alaska Division of Elections to task for failing to adequately serve rural voters. -
Statewide, there are 17 candidates for governor, five competitive legislative seats, one ballot measure, and many federal candidates. -
Candidates for governor are considering whether it’s worth continuing on to November, even if they’re among the top finishers in this month’s election.
