Elections/Politics

Side-by-side portraits of 2018 Alaska U.S. House candidates Alyse Galvin and Don Young.

Voting for the 2020 General Election concludes in about a week and Western Alaskans are currently deciding who they want to represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives..

The general election on Tuesday, November 3rd is ten days away. Western Alaskans have a few options to cast their vote this year.

There are three candidates running for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat included on this year’s ballot – Incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, Independent Dr. Al Gross, and John Wayne Howe of the Alaska Independence Party.

Western Alaskans will have to decide who they want to represent them in the U.S. Senate. One of the candidates on the ballot is Dr. Al Gross, an Independent, who hopes to unseat current Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan.

Dan Sullivan at AFN 2014. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM.

The November 3rd general election is three weeks away, and Western Alaskans will have to decide who they want to represent them in the U.S. Senate. Current incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan recently spoke to KNOM about some of the issues he’s campaigning on.

Stickers proclaiming “Naliġaaniktuŋa!” or "I Voted!" in Iñupiaq, at the polls in Nome. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM.

As of 12pm on Thursday (October 9th), all absentee ballots and in-person votes from Municipal Election Day were certified. Here are the official results:

Municipal elections in Nome take place at Old St. Joe's on Tuesday, October 3rd.

Nome’s voters can choose their city’s mayor and five other positions at today’s Municipal Election. The polling place is open for in-person voting from 8am-8pm at Old St. Joe’s.

Nome’s 2020 Municipal Election is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th. Although there are several seats up for grabs, only one has multiple candidates running for the same position: Nome’s Mayor.

Up for election this year are five seats and the role of mayor. The only race featuring challengers is the mayoral one, where residents Colleen Deighton, Ken Hughes, and Interim Mayor John Handeland are all running.

Mayor Beneville, sitting at a desk, signs resolutions while City Clerk Hammond, standing next to him, looks on.

Today is the deadline for individuals wishing to run for Nome municipal office in 2020 to declare their candidacy. The mayoral seat is up for grabs as John Handeland is only the Interim Mayor.