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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Candidate filing deadline: Monday 22 January 2024
Party-Run Primary / Tier 1 Caucuses: Saturday 13 April 20241
State Party Convention: Saturday 18 May 2024
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalVirtual Roll Call
Harris, Kamala Devi 19  95.00%
(available) 1   5.00%
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.15  75.00% 
Uncommitted5  25.00% 
Total20 100.00%20 100.00%

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Delegate Selection Plan from the Alaska Democrats.

28 July 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting Committee Meeting found this plan in conditional compliance.

1 December 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee found this plan to be in full compliance.

Party-Run Primary and 13 April results from the Alaska Democrats.

"ANCHORAGE: Incumbent President Joe Biden has been allocated all 15 pledged delegates ... after winning the Alaska Democratic Party's (ADP) primary for presidential preference."
"In-person and virtual attendees at 40 house district caucuses across the state took a voice vote on the remaining presidential candidate on the ballot. Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips met the Alaska Democratic Party's ballot access requirements but suspended his campaign in March after Super Tuesday. The first votes for Biden were cast in the MatSu Borough by State House District 26 Democrats."

   

Since there is only one candidate, the Alaska Democratic Party cancelled the Party-Run Primary, originally scheduled for 6 April, and will vote for their nominee via voce at the 13 April Tier 1 Caucuses.

If a presidential candidate that met Alaska's ballot access requirements has suspended their campaign on or before April 13, 2024, Democrats registered with the Alaska Division of Elections on or before April 13, 2024, that attend their Alaska State House District Organizational Caucus, either in-person or virtually, shall take a voice-vote to determine presidential preference and report the outcome to the Chair. [22 February 2024, Alaska Delegate Selection Plan, B.2.b.]

Participation in ALASKA's delegate selection process is open to registered Democrats. Alaska registers voters by party. Voters who are not registered as Democrats can change their registration with the Division of Elections or by submitting the appropriate registration forms with their ballot.

Saturday 13 April 2024: Party-Run Primary / Tier 1 Caucuses. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary. Hours 10:00a-4:00p AKDT (1800-0000 UTC). The "first determining step" of Alaska's delegate selection process is a party-run primary. Ballots may be cast electronically, by FAX, or by mail and must be returned no later than 5pm. The results are to be announced at 7pm. All registered Democrats are mailed a ballot on 13 February. Uncommitted shall appear on the ballot. Write-ins are not allowed.

The party will use a ranked choice ballot. Voters rank up to 5 candidates in order of preference. If any candidate is under the 15% threshold on the first round, that candidate is eliminated and the votes for that candidate are applied the voter's next choice. The process continues until the remaining candidates have at least 15% of the vote. If no candidate reaches the 15% threshold, the threshold will be half the percentage of the votes received by the front-runner.

Party-Run Primary / Tier 1 Caucuses
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.  
Uncommitted  
Total 100.00%
 

15 of 20 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of support each candidate receives in the party-run primary.

  • 9 National Convention District delegates are pledged to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of support each candidate receives in the party-run primary as a whole. Alaska has one Congressional District. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required for such allocations. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.
  • 6 National Convention statewide delegates are pledged to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of support each candidate receives in the party-run primary as a whole. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required for such allocations.
    • 4 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 2 Pledged PLEOs

Party-Run Primary / Tier 1 Caucuses

Contest
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
Del
CD  9
PLEO  2
At-Large  4
Total
Delegates
  15
 

Saturday 18 May 2024: State Party Convention in Juneau. The Tier 2 State Convention elects all 15 pledged delegates to the National Convention according to the results of the party-run primary.

The remaining 5 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 5 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 1 Member of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 5 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Alaska Department of Administration - Political Offices Commission - APOC
  Alaska Division of Elections
  Alaska Public Offices Commission
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
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Democratic
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Media & others
  alaskapublic.org - APRN - Alaska Public Telecommunications -Anchorage
  Anchorage Daily News
  Homer Tribune - Homer
  Juneau Empire
  Ketchikan Daily News
  Kodiak Daily Mirror
  KTUU TV - NBC - Anchorage
  KUAC FM - NPR/PBS - Fairbanks
  Nome Nugget
  Petersburg Pilot
  Politics1.com - Alaska
  The Alaska Star - Eagle River
  The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman - Wasilla
  The Peninsula Clarion - Kenai
 


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Documentation
  Historical Analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process  
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  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
  Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary  
  Dates of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES re: selection and/or allocation/distribution of Delegates to Major Party National Conventions  
 
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