“A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska’s general election ballot for the state’s lone U.S. House seat this November,” the AP reports.

“Eric Hafner was convicted in 2022 of threatening to kill judges, police officers and others and sentenced to serve 20 years in federal prison. He originally came in sixth in Alaska’s ranked choice primary, which allows only the top four vote-getters to advance to the general election.”

“But Matthew Salisbury (R) withdrew from the race just ahead of Monday’s deadline, and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom (R) withdrew last month. That means Hafner will appear on the November general election ballot along with Alaskan Independence Party chairman John Wayne Howe and frontrunners Rep. Mary Peltola (D) and Nick Begich (R).”

Republicans are hopeful Donald Trump’s endorsement of Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom (R) in Alaska’s congressional race will help overcome the state’s ranked-choice voting to defeat Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK), Politico reports.

Nick Begich (R) announced he’s running again for Alaska’s House seat against Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK).

A new Dittman Research poll in Alaska shows Rep. Mary Peltola (D) ahead of her two Republican competitors in the race for Alaska’s lone congressional seat with 56% of the vote in the state’s new rank-choice voting system.

Sarah Palin (R) would come in second with 44%.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) says she plans on ranking Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) first in the U.S. House race on the November ballot, where Murkowski’s own name will also appear as she runs for a fourth term, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

“Campaign contributions are flooding in for Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to keep the U.S. House seat she won in a special election this summer,” Alaska Public Media reports.

“Peltola raised $2.3 million in September, according to her latest campaign finance report, which covers just 24 days of last month. That brought her total contributions to $3.7 million.”

“Her two Republican opponents raised far less. Sarah Palin brought in about $230,000 over the same 24 days, while Nick Begich III took in $57,000.”

A new Dittman Research poll finds Mary Peltola (D), who defeated Sarah Palin (R) in a special House election, is on track to do it again with 50% support in the first round of ranked-choice voting.

Nick Begich (R) refused Sarah Palin’s (R) request to drop out of the race for Alaska’s only congressional seat so that Republican voters could unite behind her candidacy, USA Today reports.

The deadline to drop out of the November election was Monday.

Mary Peltola (D) has slightly increased her lead in Alaska’s special U.S. House race, Alaska Public Media reports.

“The Division of Election released an update Tuesday in the three-way contest to see who will serve the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young’s (R-AK) term. With an additional 22,000 votes counted, Peltola gained over rivals Sarah Palin (R) and Nick Begich (R).”

“Peltola is now 7.5 percentage points ahead of Palin. She was 6 points ahead last week.”

Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, independent Al Gross and Democrat Mary Peltola solidified their leads in the race to advance to August’s special general election for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

Josh Revak (R) has earned a key endorsement from the widow of Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who died unexpectedly last month after serving 49 years in the US. House of Representatives, triggering a special election to replace him, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

For members: Sarah Palin’s Uphill Battle for a House Seat

Sarah Palin’s decision to get into a race for the late Rep. Don Young’s House seat “caught Republicans off guard — including in Palin’s home state,” Politico reports.

“Palin’s campaign announcement came together so quickly she is still assembling a team, according to a Republican strategist familiar with the effort.”

Fox News reports Palin’s bid came after a meeting with Donald Trump where he encouraged her to do it.

Rep. Don Young (R-AK) wants a 25th term as Alaska’s sole representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

Young warned those who would might run against him, saying: “Get your act together because it’s not going to be easy to take it away from me.”

A super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership is mounting a surprise final-weekend effort to save Rep. Don Young (R-AK) from defeat on Tuesday, Politico reports.

“The move underscores just how far Republicans are being pressed to defend red turf. Young has held his at-large seat since 1973, and President Trump won Alaska in 2016 by nearly 15 percentage points. But this week, a poll showed Young leading his Democratic opponent, public education advocate Alyse Galvin, by a single point.”

A new Alaska Survey Research poll finds Alyse Galvin (D) leading Rep. Don Young (R), 49% to 48%.

“Galvin still has over a fifth of voters who have never heard of her, which is a good and bad thing… definitely bad this close to the election, but good in that she’s still got room to improve.”