4 takeaways from Alaska’s primary election

An Alaskan votes in the primary election at the State Office Building in Juneau on Aug. 18, 2026. (Jamie Diep/KTOO)
Two Democrats and two Republicans are poised to face off this November in the race for governor after primary voting wrapped up on Tuesday. And it looks like there’ll be two Dan Sullivans and a Mary Peltola in the race for U.S. Senate.
But the dust is still settling. Though all but three of Alaska’s 403 precincts had reported results by Thursday evening, thousands of e