Alaska 2008 General Election

The Green Papers: Alaska 2008 General Election

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Alaska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 26 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	628,933	(0.22% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	430,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	473,648
Capital:	Juneau
Tuesday 26 August 2008 polling hours 7:00a AKDT (1500 UTC) / 7:00a ALDT (1600 UTC) to 8:00p AKDT (0400 UTC) / 8:00p ALDT (0500 UTC). Alaska Time covers most of the state except for the Aleutian Islands west of Umnak Island (approximately half of Aleutian Islands). The media considers Alaska's polls to close at 8 PM Alaska Time and, thus, considers the State "callable" after that hour.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a AKST (1600 UTC) / 7:00a ALST (1700 UTC) to 8:00p AKST (0500 UTC) / 8:00p ALST (0600 UTC). Alaska Time covers most of the state except for the Aleutian Islands west of Umnak Island (approximately half of Aleutian Islands). The media considers Alaska's polls to close at 8 PM Alaska Time and, thus, considers the State "callable" after that hour.

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Alaska State and Local Government

Alaska 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all)


U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2		Republican	Senator Theodore F. "Ted" Stevens • Appointed by Governor Walter J. Hickel (Republican) on 24 December 1968, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator E. L. Bartlett (Democrat): 11 December 1968; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1970; elected to first full term: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

		Democratic		Nels Anderson, Jr.
		Democratic		Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich • FEC S8AK00090: $267,090
		Democratic		Rocky Christopher Caldero • FEC S8AK00074: $32,004
		Democratic		Ray Metcalfe • FEC S8AK00082: $20,661
		Democratic		Frank J. Vondersaar • FEC S0AK00097: $300

		Republican		David W. Cuddy • FEC S6AK00078: $140,304
		Republican		Gerald L. "Jerry" Heikes
		Republican		Roderic H. "Rick" Sikma • FEC S8AK00108: Financial report not available
		*Republican*		*Senator Theodore F. "Ted" Stevens* • FEC S2AK00010: $2,121,923

		Alaskan Independence		Bob Bird

		Veterans Party of America		Ted Gianoutsos
	On 30 July 2007, FBI and IRS agents searched the home of Senator Stevens as part of an investigation into the Senator's relationship with contractor Bill Allen. Mr. Allen has pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators.

Class 3		Republican	Senator Lisa Murkowski • Appointed by Governor Frank H. Murkowski (Republican) on 20 December 2002, to fill vacancy left by the resignation of her father, the same Frank H. Murkowski, when he resigned to become Governor of the State on 2 December 2002. First elected: 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Sarah H. Palin • First elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Sean R. Parnell • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Running for Congress in 2008

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

At-Large {map}		Republican	Congressman Don E. Young • First elected: 6 March 1973- in a Special Election re: the presumed death of Congressman Nick Begich in a plane crash, 16 October 1972 (Congressman Begich was re-elected to the House of the 93rd Congress, 7 November 1972, before he was declared legally dead and his seat thereby declared vacant) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

		Democratic		Diane E. Benson • FEC H6AK00144: $141,631
		Democratic		former state Representative Ethan A. Berkowitz • FEC H8AK00108: $401,266
		~~Democratic~~		~~James K. "Jake" Metcalfe - apparently not a candidate~~ • Withdrew 7 May 2008 • FEC H8AK00090: $138,799

		Republican		state Representative John Harris
		Republican		state Representative Gabrielle R. LeDoux • FEC H8AK00116: $213,527
		Republican		Lieutenant Governor Sean R. Parnell • FEC H8AK00124: $25,953
		*Republican*		*Congressman Don E. Young* • FEC H6AK00045: $884,054

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 7 candidates
	• Republican: 5 incumbents, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence: 1 candidate
	• Veterans Party of America: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/akcon/table.html
Election Authority
	• Alaska Division of Elections
	• Alaska Public Offices Commission
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Alaska Legislature
Democratic
	• Alaska Democrats
	• Alaska's Democratic Legislators
Republican
	• House and Senate Legislative Majorities (Republican)
	• Republican Party of Alaska
Third Party
	• Alaska Libertarian Party
	• Alaskan Independence Party
	• Green Party of Alaska
	• Republican Moderate Party of Alaska
	• The Republican Moderate Party of Alaska
Media & others
	• AlaskaLegislature.com - News and Resouces for Constituents
	• Anchorage Daily News
	• DC's Political Report - Alaska
	• Juneau Empire
	• Ketchikan Daily News
	• KIMO TV - ABC - Anchorage
	• Kodiak Daily Mirror
	• KTNL TV - CBS
	• KTUU TV - NBC - Anchorage
	• KUAC FM - NPR/PBS - Fairbanks
	• Nome Nugget
	• Petersburg Pilot
	• Politics1.com - Alaska
	• Public NewsRoom - KSKA-FM - KAKM-TV - APRN
	• The Alaska Star - Eagle River
	• The Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks
	• The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman - Wasilla
	• The Peninsula Clarion - Kenai