Effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting fails
The grassroots effort to repeal Alaska’s controversial ranked-choice voting system fell short of its goal. After counting roughly 320,000 ballots, Ballot Measure 2 lost by just 664 votes – 160,619 to 159,955 – or 50.1% to 49.9%. Alaska’s
Anchorage Assembly uses 1998 death to push harmful LGBTQ ideology
In many cases, transgender laws are used to force faith-based groups and businesses, as well as schools and other institutions to capitulate to LGBTQ
UPDATE: Alaska Ballot measure to end ranked-choice trails by 45 votes
In the ongoing drama regarding the fate of Alaska ranked-choice voting system, the Division of Elections’ latest tally shows the repeal effort trailing by just 45
OPINION: Despite Murkowski’s protests, the ‘Great Pruning’ is necessary
Donald Trump’s election and the announcement of his choices for cabinet positions have triggered our friends on the left who gnash their teeth and bemoan what has befallen them. Some, like Alaska’s ever-foolish Senator Lisa Murkowski, vow to vote against
OPINION: Murkowski’s ‘serious’ test for Trump AG pick strains credulity
When Senator Lisa Murkowski, the woman who famously inherited her Senate seat from her father, dismisses Trump’s latest AG choice as “not a serious nomination,” it’s a masterclass in irony, so rich that it should come with a health
Begich claims victory, but Peltola refuses to concede AK’s U.S. House race
Eleven days after election day, Nick Begich claimed victory over incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in a closely contested battle for Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House. On Nov. 16, Begich released a statement noting that the nationally respected election
Alaska’s Deep State – A report from the field
The battle against the Deep State didn’t end with Trump’s election; it has only just
ANALYSIS: Alaska’s post-election review – what does it mean?
This election was a massive repudiation of the Democrats, and they need to wake up to the fact that their policies and their party are not wanted by the vast majority of Americans.
BOB BIRD: It’s time for Alaska to revive the ’90/10’ promise
Because the most sensible argument against Alaskan statehood was our inability to pay for self-government, Congress crafted us a special gift: that oil, gas and coal revenues taken from federal properties would be split, not 50/50 as with the other states,
11.11 > God Bless the next four years… please.
In the political upset of the century, Donald Trump has retaken the white house, with the US Senate, and unless a suspicious amount of Ranked Choice Ballots come through for Mary Peltola and a few other contested races, the US House. God Bless America that
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