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

30 December 2008: State of Alaska - 2008 General Election - November 4, 2008 - Official Results

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

23 September 2008: Synchronized to State of Alaska - Division of Election - Official Candidate List of the 2008 General Election. Write-ins must file by 30 October.

Tuesday 26 August 2008 Primary returns form an official source.



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), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.


		Republican	193,841	59.42%	Senator John Sidney McCain, III (3 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin • FEC P80002801: $399,826,076

		Democratic	123,594	37.89%	Senator Barack Hussein Obama • Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338: $778,642,047

		Independent	3,783	1.16%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Matt Gonzalez • FEC P20000527: $4,520,160

		Write-in	1,730	0.53%	Write-in

		Alaskan Independence	1,660	0.51%	Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin • Vice President: Darrell L. Castle • FEC P80005499: $262,010

		Libertarian	1,589	0.49%	former Congressman Bob Barr • Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root • FEC P80005580: $1,405,899

		Write-in; (Green)			former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney • Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente • FEC P80004930: $240,360
		Write-in			Frank Moore • Susan Block for Vice President
Total			326,197	100.00%

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 • Renominated - 26 August 2008 Primary
		Polls: Leans Democratic - WATCH - Democratic Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich or Republican Senator Theodore F. "Ted" Stevens

		Democratic	151,767	47.77%	Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich • FEC S8AK00090: $4,576,970

		Republican	147,814	46.52%	Senator Theodore F. "Ted" Stevens • FEC S2AK00010: $3,858,991

		Alaskan Independence	13,197	4.15%	Robert Mario "Bob" Bird • FEC S0AK00105: $33,788

		Libertarian	2,483	0.78%	Fredrick David "David" Haase • 3 September 2008: The party considered replacing Mr. Haase with Republican primary candidate David W. "Dave" Cuddy who lost the Republican Primary. • FEC S8AK00165: Financial report not available

		Nominated By Petition; (Veterans Party of America)	1,385	0.44%	Ted Gianoutsos • FEC S4AK00115: Financial report not available

		Write-in	1,077	0.34%	Write-in
Total			317,723	100.00%
	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. On 28 July 2008, Senator Stevens was indicted on 7 counts of failing to disclose services he received from a company that renovate his home. On 31 July 2008, Senator Stevens pleaded not guilty to 7 felony charges. He was conviced on all 7 charges on 27 October 2008. Sentencing is scheduled for 26 January 2009. 6 November 2008 update: The latest "scuttlebutt" is that Ted Stevens (who appears has won re-election) is under heavy pressure to resign anyway or at least not serve past the end of his current term which ends on 3 January 2009. There exists sentiment in the Senate, on both sides of the aisle, to formally expel him if he does not (2/3 of the Senate is needed for expulsion: per Art. I, Sec. 5, clause 2). If he does NOT serve his new 6-year term, Alaska law requires a Special Election within 90 days of the seat becoming vacant. 7 April 2009 update: U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan set aside the conviction of former Senator Ted Stevens and initiated criminal contempt proceedings against the government lawyers who prosecuted the case.

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. • Running as John McCain's Vice President in 2008.
	If Governor Sarah H. Palin becomes Vice President, the Lieutenant Governor would become acting Governor and the state's Attorney General would become Lieutenant Governor. Then, the acting Governor would call a special election to be held between 60 and 90 days after the Gubernatorial vacancy occurs.

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 • Run for, but lost the Republican nomination for the At-Large House seat 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 Renominated)

At-Large {map}		Republican	Congressman Don E. Young • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • 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 • Renominated - 26 August 2008 Primary
		Polls: Leans Democratic - Democratic former state Representative Ethan A. Berkowitz

		Republican	158,939	50.14%	Congressman Don E. Young • Received 45.47% in the 26 August 2008 Primary • FEC H6AK00045: $1,412,026

		Democratic	142,560	44.97%	former state Representative Ethan A. Berkowitz • FEC H8AK00108: $1,646,057

		Alaskan Independence	14,274	4.50%	Donald R. "Don" Wright • FEC H6AK00094: Financial report not available

		Write-in	1,205	0.38%	Write-in
Total			316,978	100.00%

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): 3 candidates
	• Republican: 5 incumbents, 3 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence: 3 candidates
	• Veterans Party of America: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 1 candidate
	• Nominated By Petition: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 5 candidates
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.