[Primary Election: August 26, 2008]

Democratic District Caucuses / Republican District Conventions-- Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Democrats 18 Delegates (13 Pledged, 5 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates. 0.44% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes. Two-tier caucus/convention system.  Precinct/House District caucuses on Feb. 5, 2008.  State Convention: May 23-25, 2008 in Palmer. Filing Requirements: File a petition of candidacy and filing fee of $1,000 with the State Party by early Jan. 2008.  (Forms available Dec. 5, 2007). > Obama ...Mike Gravel, who represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate for two terms Jan. 3, 1969 to Jan. 2, 1981, but now lives in No. Virginia is a darkhorse candidate for the Democratic nomination. Results of Feb. 5, 2008 District Caucuses 100% of Districts Reporting % of Delegates Number of Delegates Number of Supporters Biden Clinton 24.7% 104 2,194 Edwards Gravel Kucinich Obama 75.2% 306 6,674 Richardson Uncommitted 0.25% 1 12 Total 411 8,880 [press release]

Republicans 29 Delegates: 3 RNC; 23 at-large; 3 by CD (3 x 1 CD). 1.22% of the 2,380 Delegates. Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Ron Paul qualified for the ballot. Delegate allocation is proportional to District Convention vote.  State Convention: March 13-15, 2008. > Huckabee - On Feb. 23, 2007 the campaign announced the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Don Young (AK). McCain - endorsed by the Juneau Empire (Feb. 3, 2008). Paul - 2 offices, 11 field staffers, and 40 district chairs operating statewide as of Jan. 28, 2008. Romney  - endorsements include Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. former Giuliani - Anchorage Municipal Assemblyman Dan Sullivan announced as a co-chair on Oct. 24, 2007. Results of Feb. 5, 2008 District Conventions as of Feb. 14, 2008 as posted on the Alaska Republican Party website  Total Ballots Counted: 12,204  Mitt Romney has 5,378 Votes and 12 Delegates  Mike Huckabee has 2,672 Votes and 6 Delegates  Ron Paul has 2,050 Votes and 5 Delegates  John McCain has 1,894 and 3 Delegates

Primary Election Day is August 26, 2008
 

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Final date for citizens to register for the General Election: Oct. 3, 2004

Official Results 439 of 439 precincts Nader/Camejo (Pop.) 5,069 (1.62) Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)  1,058 (0.34) Peroutka/Baldwin (AI) 2,092 (0.67) Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 111,025 (35.52) Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 1,675 (0.54) +Bush/Cheney (Rep.) 190,889 (61.07) w/ins 790 (0.25) Total........312,598 Registered voters:  472,160

2004 Overview Bush-Cheney finished with a very comfortable plurality of 79,864 votes (25.55 percentage points). General Election Details Of interest: Alaska Statutes provide for the candidates to submit position statements of 250 words or less and biographical statements of 150 words or less for the Election Pamphlet.  See how the candidates presented themselves: here.

[Primary Election: August 24, 2004]

Past Results

1996 Dole (Rep.)............122,746 (50.80) Clinton (Dem.).........80,380 (33.27) Perot (Ref.).............26,333 (10.90) Nader (Grn.)..............7,597 (3.14) Others (3+w/ins).......4,564 (1.88) Total........241,620 1992 Bush (Rep.)...........102,000 (39.46) Clinton (Dem.)..........78,294 (30.29) Perot (No P.)...........73,481 (28.42) Others (6+w/ins)........4,731 (1.83) Total........258,506	2000 Nader/LaDuke (Grn.) 28,747  (10.07) Browne/Olivier (Lib.) 2,636 (0.92) Buchanan/Foster (Ref.) 5,192 (1.82) +Bush/Cheney (Rep.) 167,398 (58.62) Gore/Lieberman (Dem.) 79,004 (27.67) Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP) 919 (0.32) Phillips/Frazier (Const.) 596  (0.21) Write-ins 1,068 (0.37) Total........285,560 Ballots Cast / Reg. Voters - 287,825 / 473,648 = 60.77% Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 66.41%, third best in the nation.  (U.S. avg. 53.76%).	2000 Overview Alaska remained very securely in the Republican column as Bush-Cheney thumped Gore-Lieberman by a more than two-to-one margin.  Bush's plurality was 88,394 votes (30.95 percentage points).  Ralph Nader achieved his best showing nationwide in Alaska, receiving 10% of the vote.  Pat Buchanan stumped in the state on Oct. 23-24 and advertised > heavily but could not break 2%.   Of interest: Alaska Statutes provide for the candidates to submit position statements of 250 words or less and biographical statements of 150 words or less for the Election Pamphlet.  See how the candidates presented themselves: here.

Republicans
Delegates elected by the State Convention, May 21-22, 2004 at the Soldotna Sports Center. 29 Delegates and 26 Alternates.
 

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