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Free public service for Alaska votersNo candidate endorsementsSources checked September 27, 2026General election November 3, 2026

Scope and limitations

What this Alaska guide covers

This guide covers 3 statewide contests and 12 printed ballot choices. It does not yet cover district legislative races, every judicial-retention question, or transaction-level finance.

Included

Published now

  • 12 printed ballot choices in Governor and Lieutenant Governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House
  • Direct official candidate-roster and sample-ballot links
  • 4 governor tickets with one comparable APOC report window
  • 5 federal candidates with processed FEC summaries
  • 3 federal candidates with visible unavailable summaries
  • Registration, early voting, absentee, return, and Election Day dates
  • Official sample-ballot link and topic summaries for 2 statewide measures
  • The statewide Alaska Supreme Court retention question for Justice Jude Pate
Not included

Outside this release

  • Alaska Senate and House district candidates and finance
  • Judicial-retention questions that vary by judicial district
  • Municipal and Regional Educational Attendance Area contests
  • Finance comparisons for certified write-ins
  • Transaction-level donor and expenditure analysis
  • Business, lobbying, contract, land, and conflict-record research
Known finance limits

3 finance summaries unavailable

  • Gerald L. HeikesThe FEC candidate page matches Gerald L. Heikes but shows no processed 2025 through 2026 financial summary.
  • Eric HafnerThe FEC candidate and committee pages show no processed 2025 through 2026 financial summary.
  • James C. "Jim" McDermottNo matching Alaska candidate or committee appears in the FEC Alaska House 2026 table as of September 27, 2026. The former Washington candidate with the same name is not this Alaska ballot candidate.
View the finance source notes
Not yet published

District races and itemized finance

Legislative candidates, district-specific judicial questions, and itemized receipts and spending are not included in this release.

Dataset comparison: Do not compare the state datasets directly. Nevada includes itemized transactions. Alabama uses race-level portal summaries. Alaska uses one comparable APOC window for governor and candidate-specific FEC windows for federal races.
Version record

Alaska guide 1.0

PublishedSeptember 27, 2026
Contests shown3
Ballot choices12
Ballot measures2

3 statewide contests, governor and federal finance summaries, voter deadlines, 2 ballot measures, one statewide judicial-retention question, and primary sources.

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Alaska guide publication record
VersionPublishedScope
1.0September 27, 20263 statewide contests, governor and federal finance summaries, voter deadlines, 2 ballot measures, one statewide judicial-retention question, and primary sources.

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