Alaska 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Alaska 2006 Midterm Election

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Alaska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 22 August 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

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 22 August 2006 polls close 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 7 November 2006 polls close 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 PRIMARY

Tuesday 22 August 2006

The filing deadline for the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Alaskan Independence Primary was 1 June 2006.

ALASKA PRIMARY Returns from an official source

All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*)

Contested STATEWIDE races:

Governor:
- Alaskan Independence have nominated Don R. Wright
- Democrats have nominated Tony Knowles
- Republicans* have nominated Sarah H. Palin. Governor Frank H. Murkowski has lost his bid for renomination.
Lieutenant Governor:
- Democrats have nominated Ethan A. Berkowitz
- Republicans have nominated Sean R. Parnell

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

At Large:
- Democrats have nominated Diane E. Benson
- Libertarians have nominated Alexander Crawford



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Republican	Senator 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

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: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

Lost	Republican	Governor Frank H. Murkowski • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Lost Primary / No Longer Running - 22 August 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Sarah H. Palin
		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Republican	99,619	48.58%	Sarah H. Palin • for Lt. Governor: Sean R. Parnell

	Democratic	83,640	40.79%	former Governor Tony Knowles • for Lt. Governor Ethan Berkowitz. Former Governor Knowles was first elected in 1994 and re-elected in 1998. He was at term limit in 2002.

	Independent	19,683	9.60%	Andrew J. Halcro • for Lt. Governor: former Anchorage Assemblywoman Fay Von Gemmingen (Mr. Halcro's first running mate, Ken Lancaster withdrew circa 14 September. Ms. Von Gemmingen accepted the position on 20 September 2006.)

	Alaskan Independence	1,051	0.51%	Don R. Wright • for Lt. Governor: Douglas L. Welton

	Libertarian	580	0.28%	William S. "Billy" Toien • for Lt. Governor: Robert D. Mirabal

	Green	469	0.23%	David M. Massie

	Write-in; (Veterans Party of America)			Ted Gianoutsos • for Lt. Governor: Fran Gianoutsos
Total		205,042	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor

Open	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Loren D. Leman • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - 31 May 2006: Lieutenant Governor Leman announced that he is not running for re-election.
	Polls: Republican Sean R. Parnell

	Democratic			Ethan A. Berkowitz

	Republican			Sean R. Parnell

	Libertarian			Robert D. Mirabal

	Alaskan Independence			Douglas L. Welton

	Independent			Fay Von Gemmingen

	Write-in; (Veterans Party of America)			Fran Gianoutsos

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated)

At-Large {map}	Republican	Congressman Don E. Young • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • 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 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 22 August 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Don E. Young

	Republican	115,062	56.76%	Congressman Don E. Young • FEC: $1,919,782

	Democratic	81,408	40.16%	Diane E. Benson • FEC: $198,950

	Libertarian	3,390	1.67%	Alexander Crawford • FEC finanical report not available

	Green	1,437	0.71%	Eva L. Ince • FEC finanical report not available

	Independent	1,409	0.70%	William W. "Bill" Ratigan • Party: Impeach Now! • FEC finanical report not available

	Write-in			Patrick McGonegal • Party: Non-Affiliated • FEC finanical report not available
Total		202,706	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): 2 candidates
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence: 2 candidates
	• Veterans Party of America: 2 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 3 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 this candidate is actually on the ballot.

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