2020 Alaska elections

2020 Alaska elections

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Turnout	60.67%[1]

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Alaska state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Aside from its party-run Democratic presidential primary held on April 10 (not including the Republican Party presidential primary which was cancelled by the state party^[2]), its primary elections were held on August 18, 2020.^[3]

In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Alaska voters elected the Class II U.S. Senator from Alaska, its at-large seat to the House of Representatives, 1 of 5 seats on the Alaska Supreme Court, 1 of 3 seats on the Alaska Court of Appeals, all of the seats of the Alaska House of Representatives, and 11 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate. There were also two ballot measures which were voted on.^[3]

To vote by mail, registered Alaska voters had to request a ballot by October 24, 2020.^[4]

Alaska has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

2020 United States presidential election in Alaska^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donald Trump (incumbent)	189,951	52.83	+1.55
	Democratic	Joe Biden	153,778	42.77	+6.22
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen	8,897	2.47	–3.41
	Green	Jesse Ventura	2,673	0.74	–1.06
	Constitution	Don Blankenship	1,127	0.31	–0.90
	Independent	Brock Pierce	825	0.23	N/A
	Alliance	Rocky De La Fuente	318	0.09	–0.30
	Write-in		1,961	0.55	–2.34
Majority			36,173	10.06	–4.67
Total votes			359,530	100.00
	Republican win

2020 United States Senate election in Alaska^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Sullivan (incumbent)	191,112	53.90	+5.94
	Independent	Al Gross	146,068	41.19	–4.64
	Independence	John Howe	16,806	4.74	N/A
	Write-in		601	0.17	–0.32
Majority			45,044	12.70	+10.57
Total votes			354,587	100.00
	Republican hold

2020 Alaska's at-large congressional district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Don Young (incumbent)	192,126	54.40	+1.32
	Independent	Alyse Galvin	159,856	45.26	–1.24
	Write-in		1,183	0.33	–0.09
Majority			32,270	9.14	+2.56
Total votes			353,165	100.00
	Republican hold

Incumbent Susan M. Carney was reelected for a 10-year term in the state Supreme Court. She was appointed by Governor Bill Walker.^[6]

Incumbent Tracey Wollenberg was also reelected for her seat in the state Court of Appeals. She was appointed by Bill Walker.^[7]

All 40 seats of the Alaska House of Representatives and 11 of 20 seats of the Alaska Senate were up for election. The outcome of this election could affect partisan balance during post-census congressional redistricting.^[8]

Before the election the composition of the Alaska Senate was:

Party			# of seats
	Majority caucus		14
		Republican	13
		Democratic	1
	Minority caucus		6
	Democratic		6
Total			20[a]

The composition of the Alaska Senate remained the same after the election. Two Republicans lost reelection.

Before the election the composition of the Alaska State House was:

Party			# of seats
	Majority caucus		23
		Democratic	15
		Republican	5
		Independent	2
	Minority caucus		16
	Republican		16
	Non-caucusing (Republican)		1
Total			40[b]

After the election the composition of the Alaska State House was:

Party			# of seats
	Majority caucus		22
		Democratic	15
		Republican	4
		Independent	2
	Minority caucus		18
	Republican		18
	Non-caucusing (Republican)		1
Total			40[c]

Measure 1

An Act changing the oil and gas production tax for certain fields, units, and nonunitized reservoirs on the North Slope
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 145,392 42.14% No 199,667 57.86% Valid votes 345,059 100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00% Total votes 345,059 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 594,966 58%
Results by state House district Yes   60–70%   50–60% No   70–80%   60–70%   50–60%

The North Slope Oil Production Tax Increase Initiative would increase taxation on production of oil in the North Slope in fields which have already produced at least 400 million barrels of oil and produced at least 40,000 barrels in the last year.^[9]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[d]	Margin of error	For Ballot Measure 1	Against Ballot Measure 1	Undecided
Alaska Survey Research[10]	September 26 – October 4, 2020	696 (LV)	–	36%	40%	24%

Ballot Measure 1

Choice	Votes	%
No	199,667	57.86
Yes	145,392	42.14
Total votes	345,059	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	594,966	58.00

The Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting and Campaign Finance Laws Initiative, would mandate the following changes to the state's election policies: increasing disclosure requirements for "dark money" political contributions of greater than $2000 which themselves are derived from donations to the donors, replacing all partisan primaries with one open primary ballot (and allowing the top four vote-getters to proceed to the general election) and implementing ranked-choice voting in all general elections.^[11]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[d]	Margin of error	For Ballot Measure 2	Against Ballot Measure 2	Undecided
Alaska Survey Research[12]	September 26 – October 4, 2020	696 (LV)	–	51%	30%	19%
Mercury Analytics/Claster Consulting /Alaskans for Better Elections[13][A]	September 22–27, 2020	803 (LV)	± 3.5%	59%	17%	24%

Ballot Measure 2

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	174,032	50.55
No	170,251	49.45
Total votes	344,283	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	594,966	57.87

• Bilingual elections requirement for Alaska (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)^[14]

Partisan clients

• Alaska at Ballotpedia
• "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020