After voting on Aug. 21, the results of the Alaska primary election have started to come in. Unofficial election results have been posted online at the Alaska Division of Elections’ website. According to the election results, it was a low turnout for the primary, with only 18.2 percent of Alaska’s voting public casting ballots.
There were seven candidates running for the position of U.S. Representative this year, three Republicans and four Democrats.
Alysa Galvin took 19,735 votes, or 54.09 percent, securing the Democratic nomination for the office.
On the Republican side, longtime incumbent Don Young secured almost 71 percent of his vote, pushing far ahead of competitors Jed Whittaker and Thomas Nelson who received 13.72 and 15.43 percent of the vote, respectively.
The race for governor has been hotly contested, as well.
Mark Begich, the sole Democrat running for the position on the ballot, received 85.15 percent of the vote.
Coming in second at 14.85 percent of the vote was William Toien who ran with the Alaska Libertarian Party.
There were seven Republicans running for governor, as well. Of these seven, the winner was determined to be Mike Dunleavy who received 61.75 percent of the vote. Both Begich and Dunleavy will run against the incumbent Governor Bill Walker in the general election.
According to Samantha Miller with the Division of Elections, Walker did not appear on the primary ballot as he opted to have supporters sign a petition to put him on the November ballot.
Further election results can be viewed online at http://www.elections.alaska.gov.
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