Alaska Election Results

On November 2, 2010, Alaskans voted in 1 U.S. Senate race, U.S. House of Representatives District 1 race and the Alaskan Governor's race. Republican Sean Parnell defeated his Democratic challenger, Ethan Berkowitz by a wide margin. In the District 1 House race, Republican Don Young defeated Democrat Harry Crawford to capture his 20th term.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/state/#val=AK http://www.adn.com/2010/11/02/1531664/crawford-young-vie-for-house-seat.html

The Alaskan Senate race may not be officially final for weeks. A write-in candidate, Lisa Murkowski, is leading the race with approximately 99% of the votes reported. The Division of Elections will have to count the write-in votes if they exceed the number of votes for the other top vote getter.They can not begin counting until the absentee and questioned ballots are all in, and this can take about two weeks. If Murkowski wins, she would be the first Senator, since 1954, to win as a write-in candidate.http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/politics/7374-in-alaska-write-ins-dominating-senate-returns With 99% reporting, the write-in category leads the race with 41% of the vote. Republican Joe Miller is the closest contender with 34% of the vote.http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/candidate-list/#state=AK Miller beat Murkowski in the primary by just 2006 votes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110301443.html

2010 Alaska Election Results

Primary Elections for Statewide offices and Congress were held on August 24, 2010, while the General Elections were held on November 02, 2010. http://www.evoter.com/2010-national-election-calendar-by-state-evoter#Alaska

2010 Primary Polling Resultshttp://www.electionprojection.com/2010elections/statepages/ak10.php

Key Primary Election results: results will be available after August 24, 2010

Full Primary Elections results will be available after August 24, 2010

Key General Election Results: will be available after November 02, 2010

Full General Elections Results will be available after November 02, 2010

Alaska Voting Information

Alaskan voter registration requirements are as folows:

1. Must be a citizen of the United States, 2. Must be at least 18 years old within 90 days of the registration 3, Must not be a convicted felon (unless unconditionally discharged), 4. Must not be judicially determined to be of unsound mind, unless the disability has been removed 5. Must not be registered to vote in another State

The Registration Deadline is 30 days before the election.

Alaska History

Alaska entered the Union in 1959 as the 49th state. The purchase of unexplored Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 was arranged by Secretary of State William Seward in 1867; the purchased land amounted to a mere 2 cents an acre. Even so the transaction was generally known as Seward's Folley.

Since the Gold Rush of 1898, that resulted in a mass migration of more than 30,000 people, Alaska has contributed billions of dollars' worth of products to the U.S. economy.

After being admitted to the Union the state has leaned heavily toward Republican politics. Only with Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 has the Democratic party won the state's 3 Electoral votes.

2008 Alaska Election Results

2008 Presidential Election Winner: Barack Obama

Winner of Alaska's Three Electoral Votes: John McCain
Margin of Victory: 62% to 36%

Alaska's Senatorial Race Winner: Mark Begich (D)

On November 17, 2008, after a recount of votes, challenger Mark Begich was declared the winner of an extremely tight Alaskan Senate race. According to reports, Begich had been leading Ted Stevens by 3,724 votes, with only 2,500 more absentee ballots to count.MLive: Stevens loses race to Begich (November 18, 2008)