Lawyer and gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels, former Republican state Sen. John Coghill, Democratic Anchorage Assembly member Christopher Constant, Democratic state Rep. Adam Wool and Republican state Sen. Josh Revak, who was endorsed by Young’s widow, are also among the contenders. Under Alaska’s new election system, candidates of all parties, and those with no party affiliation, run on the same primary ballot, and the top four vote-getters, regardless of party, advance to the general election. The top four finishers in the primary will face off in a ranked-choice special general election on August 16, with the winner going to Congress. It’ll be Alaska’s first ranked-choice election since the state’s voters narrowly approved an initiative in 2020 to make the switch. This time, though, the Alaska Democratic Party harshly criticized Gross after he suggested he might caucus with Republicans.

Source: CNN June 12, 2022 19:12 UTC