Three candidates advance in Alaska's at-large district ranked-choice primary


Three candidates advanced to Alaska's general election to represent the state's at-large congressional district on Tuesday, according to an Associated Press call.

Alaska has a nonpartisan, ranked-choice primary system that selects the four candidates with the most votes, regardless of party, to advance to the general election.

In Tuesday's primary, 12 candidates vied for a spot in the top four, including incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Ala., who advanced to the general election with 50.7 percent of the vote.

Republican Nick Begich, who is running for Peltola's seat in 2022, finished second with 26.8%.

Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, who was endorsed by former President Trump, came in third with 19.9 percent of the vote in the Last Frontier primary.

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Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, appears before a debate for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat on Oct. 26, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

The Associated Press did not comment on the fourth candidate. None of the other candidates broke the 1% barrier.

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Also competing for the seat were David Ambrose, Samuel Claesson, Lady Donna Dutchess, Richard Grayson, Eric Hafner, Gerald Heikes, John Wayne Howe, Richard Mayers and Matthew Salisbury.

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