This is a big election year across America and in Alaska. In November, Alaskans will be voting for president, our lone U.S. House seat, most of the Alaska Legislature and ballot measures on whether to increase the minimum wage and whether to keep or repeal rank choice voting and the open primary election system.

Polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for Alaska’s primary election, the preliminary round for 50 legislative races and one of the most competitive U.S. House elections in the country. Pre-election turnout has been unusually low: This is the first Alaska primary in more than a decade without a governor’s race,

With Republican voters reluctant to use ranked choice voting, candidates are seeking to avoid a split in the electorate.

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled a ballot initiative seeking the repeal of ranked-choice voting may appear on the ballot for November's general election.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Matthew Salisbury advances to November general election in Alaska's at-large Congressional District.

Representative Mary Peltola faces 11 challengers in Alaska's primary, where four candidates will advance to the general election.

Turnout in this year’s state primary election is on pace to be the third lowest in the past 50 years, according to preliminary figures published Tuesday by the Alaska Division of Elections. Though final certified results aren’t expected until at least Sunday, most ballots have been received and counted.

Incumbent Republicans came out on top on Tuesday after several GOP lawmakers beat back their primary challengers — though for some of them, the fight is not over, as they face more challenging contests in November against strong Democratic candidates.

Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in last week’s U.S. House primary in Alaska are set to advance to November’s ranked choice general election

The three were the most prominent candidates in a field of 12 running for the seat in Alaska’s primary on Tuesday

The group seeking to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries in Alaska had raised just over $61,000 by late August.

Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in Alaska’s U.S. House primary last week can advance to November’s ranked choice general election. Matthew Salisbury, a Republican, and John Wayne Howe,