Conservative Alaska senators dismayed that most Republicans joined Dems’ left-of-center majority
Despite Alaskans voting to send a majority of Republicans to the State Senate, there will be no Republican majority governing the Legislature’s upper chamber. Instead, a coalition of nine Democrats and eight Republicans has formed a bi-partisan majority,
Alaska Republicans have a majority in both State House and Senate, but margins are close
With the ranked choice voting tabulation completed on Nov. 23, Republicans have slim advantages in both the State House and Senate. There will be 11 Republicans in the 20-member Senate, and 21 Republicans in the 40-member House. Several close races were
Sen. Hughes urges Alaska Senate Republicans to honor voters’ intent & form a ruling majority
Alaska’s current State Senate Majority Leader Shelley Hughes (R-Palmer) is urging Republicans to stick together and form a Republican controlled majority caucus for the upcoming legislative session. With the State Senate expected to be narrowly divided
Alaska’s Republican brand is dead
What does it mean when Alaskan politicians say they are Republican? It used to indicate they’d fight for lower taxes, reduced spending, the life of the unborn, marriage as the union of one man and one woman, the PFD, resource development, election
Petition calls Alaska’s ranked-choice voting a ‘threat to democracy and our Republic’
The day after Alaska held its first-ever ranked-choice vote general election, a petition against the controversial voting system was launched to do away with the scheme. Posted on Nov. 9, the petition has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures in its first week.
OPINION: Rep. McCabe says Mat-Su road warrior misleads public to advance anti-conservative agenda
In a February 2022 op-ed in the Frontiersman, Mark Kelsey, a former publisher of the Frontiersman, insinuated I was doing something wrong advocating for a road I live on; making the leap that, as a legislator, I was exerting undue influence to get this road
Alaska Legislature may again be split between Republicans and a coalition of Dems and others
With 96% of precincts reporting, the Alaska Senate and House races seem to indicate that the State Legislature will again be closely divided between more conservative Republicans and another coalition of left-leaning Republicans, Democrats and Independents. A
Mat-Su Republican Party leaders blast suit against Rep. Eastman as a threat to constitutional government
Alaska Republican Party leaders from District 27 in the Mat-Su are strongly condemning what they see as a politically motivated lawsuit that seeks to weaponize Alaska’s judicial system in order to ban conservative State Rep. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) from
Murkowski boasts she’s not ‘beholden’ to Republicans, doubles down on abortion
In a recent CBS interview, pro-abortion U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski – like many Democrats across the nation – jumped on the abortion bandwagon and promised to work tirelessly to codify the legal killing of unborn babies. Murkowski is seeking a fourth full
Rep. Eastman supporters pack Anchorage courtroom as lawmaker fights attempt to ban him from public office
Roughly 50 people packed a standing room only Anchorage courtroom on Oct. 25 in a show of support for Wasilla State Rep. David Eastman. Another 10 people stood outside during a preliminary hearing in a case that seeks to disqualify the three-term state
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