The number of candidates on the ballot is final. But a new election system and more candidates than ever seen in an Alaska primary have politicians, pundits and strategists still scratching their heads.
Three fringe candidates dropped out of Alaska’s special U.S. House election by Monday’s deadline, finalizing the number of candidates at 48 but leaving ample uncertainty about how the race will unfold over the next two months.will be on the same ballot June 11 in Alaska’s nonpartisan primary — a new system of winnowing candidates that voters approved in a citizens initiative two years ago.
“Fifty people in one race,” said Republican John Coghill, the former state senator from Fairbanks who announced his Congressional campaign last week. “The overload is going to be very difficult to navigate through. It’s not impossible — it’s difficult.” Moore estimated that in order to advance from the primary to the general election, the top-four voter getters will have to win over just over 10% of the vote each. That isn’t much — but candidates appealing to similar constituencies may end up splitting votes amongst each other, lowering their chances of reaching the necessary threshold.
With an unprecedented number of candidates, “people will have to use new and unique ways to reach voters,” Kavanaugh said, and voter education will be crucial.To that end, Sparck said she expects Native corporations — which bring with them crucial financial backing — will align themselves with candidates early in the two-month campaign season.
In the third tier, he puts people who don’t have major name recognition but may have a great deal of money, which can buy advertising that generates name recognition. That group includes Sweeney, along with Constant and and attorney and gardening writer Jeff Lowenfels, who’s running as an independent.
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