Alaska Archives - Alpha Democrat

Stacked clipboards on a folding table outside a small-town hall, for a story on Senate veteran nominees in the 2026 toss-ups

The Senate Toss-Ups Have Two Veterans on the Ballot. Both Are Republicans, and Both Trail.

Cook rates nine Senate races as toss-ups or leaning one way.

Empty Alaska fishing harbour at dawn after the Senate primary contested by Peltola and Sullivan

Alaska’s Marine Colonel Finished Five Points Behind. He Says That’s Happened Before.

The Alaska Senate primary put Mary Peltola first with 48.2 percent to Dan Sullivan's 42.9.

Photorealistic documentary photograph of a thick printed legislative bill lying open on a wooden desk in a quiet office at night, a green banker's lamp casting warm light across a page of pay tables, a pair of reading glasses and a closed folder beside it, dark window behind, no people present, no identifiable insignia.

A Fact-Checker Took Apart an Attack Ad in Alaska. We Ran the Same Headline in July.

FactCheck.org ruled in July that pro-Sullivan ads mislead when they say Mary Peltola voted against a troop pay raise.

Empty Alaska village polling place before the Senate primary contested by Sullivan and Peltola

Alaska Has the Marine Colonel. The Democrat Who Never Served Is Ahead.

The Alaska Senate race is on the ballot Tuesday.