Alaska politics

Longtime Fairbanks Democratic lawmaker David Guttenberg has decided against running for re-election to a ninth term in the Alaska House of…

Wasilla Republican state Senator Mike Dunleavy took the first formal step Monday toward launching a campaign for governor by filing a letter of intent…

Voter turnout was down in Tuesday’s election, both here in the Interior and statewide.About 42 percent of registered voters in the Interior showed up at…

The outcome of votes cast in the Interior on Tuesday for top statewide offices and ballot measures apparently were the same as the statewide…

Turnout was heavy Tuesday at several polling places in some communities around the Interior.The chairwoman supervising the polling place at North Pole…

Candidates for Alaska’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate squared off at a forum in Fairbanks Tuesday.On the Senate side, Republican…

Redistricting has thrown two incumbent North Pole Republican lawmakers into a new district, and created one of the more unusual political matchups in this…

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Byron Mallott pitched a plan to help Alaskans cope with rising energy costs during a campaign swing through Fairbanks…

People from around Alaska and Outside are arriving in Fairbanks to bid final farewell to former territorial governor Mike Stepovich. Stepovich died Feb.…