Alaska 2010 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Alaska 2010 Midterm Election

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Alaska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 24 August 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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)
Capital:	Juneau
Tuesday 24 August 2010 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 2 November 2010 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.

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Alaska State and Local Government

The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 26th ALASKA LEGISLATURE.

State of Alaska - Division of Elections - Candidates 2010 Candidate Information



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Democratic	Senator Mark Begich • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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

	Democratic		Frank J. Vondersaar • FEC S0AK00097: $0

	*Republican*		*Senator Lisa Murkowski* • FEC S4AK00099: $1,649,225

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

	Republican	Governor Sean R. Parnell • Entered office 26 July 2009 upon the resignation of Governor Governor Sarah H. Palin. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

	Democratic		former state Representative Ethan A. Berkowitz • 16 June 2009: May run for Governor. Circa 25 July 2009: Intends to run. 8 September 2009: Filed letter of intent to run for Governor.
	Democratic		state Senator Hollis S. French
	Democratic		former Alaska State Commissioner of Administration Bob Poe • 8 January 2009: Announced his candidacy
	~~Democratic~~		~~Rob Rosenfeld - apparently not a candidate~~ • "A great deal has changed since I announced my intent to run for the position of Governor in the state of Alaska in January. Governor Palin has stepped down from office and will not be running for re-election. Two strong individuals are running and I will be announcing my support for one of them."

	~~Republican~~		~~state Representative John L. Harris - apparently not a candidate~~ • 22 January 2010: Filed a letter with the Alaska Public Offices Commission withdrawing his letter of intent to run for governor.
	Republican		Gerald L. "Jerry" Heikes
	Republican		Merica Hlatcu
	Republican		Sam "Singin Sam" Little
	Republican		former state Representative Ralph Samuels
	Republican		Bill Walker

	Alaskan Independence		Don R. Wright

	Independent		Tim Triumph

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

	Republican	Temporary Substitute Lieutenant Governor Craig E. Campbell • 26 July 2009: Assumed the role of Lieutenant Governor upon the ascension of Lieutenant Governor Sean R. Parnell to the Governor's Chair. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

	Democratic		Diane E. Benson

	*Republican*		*Temporary Substitute Lieutenant Governor Craig E. Campbell*
	Republican		state Representative Jay Ramras

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111^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 2 November 2010

	Democratic		state Representative Harry T. Crawford, Jr. • FEC H0AK00089: $83,011

	Republican		Sheldon Allred Fisher • FEC H0AK01038: Financial report not available
	Republican		Andrew Halcro
	*Republican*		*Congressman Don E. Young* • FEC H6AK00045: $440,281

	No Affiliation		Thomas M. Higgins

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): 1 incumbent, 6 candidates
	• Republican: 4 incumbents, 11 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence: 1 candidate
	• Unity
Independents
	• Independent: 1 candidate
	• No Affiliation: 1 candidate
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

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

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Republican
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	• House and Senate Legislative Majorities (Republican)
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Third Party
	• Alaska Libertarian Party
	• Alaskan Independence Party
	• Green Party of Alaska
	• The Unity 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
	• The Alaska Star - Eagle River
	• The Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks
	• The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman - Wasilla
	• The Peninsula Clarion - Kenai