ALASKA

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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): June 1, 2010
Filing Deadline (Others): August 24, 2010
Primary: August 10, 2010

This page was last updated on October 22, 2009

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Sean Parnell (R)*
John Harris (R) - State House Speaker, Ex-Valdez Mayor & Teamster
Jerry Heikes (R) - Drywall Contractor, Minister, National Guard Veteran, '06 Candidate & '08 US Sen. Candidate
Ralph Samuels (R) - Ex-State House Majority Leader
Ethan Berkowitz (D) - Ex-State House Minority Leader, Attorney, '08 US Rep. Nominee & '06 Lt. Governor Nominee
Hollis French (D) - State Sen. & Attorney
Les Gara (D) - State Rep., Attorney & Writer
Bob Poe (D) - Ex-State Administration Commissioner & Ex-Anchorage Economic Development Corp. CEO
Rob Rosenfeld (D) - Ex-Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council Director
Don Wright (Alaskan Independence) - Retired Bush Pilot & Frequent Candidate
Tim Triumph (Independent)

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Craig Campbell (R)*
Jay Ramras (R) - State Rep. & Hotel Owner

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House ( Majority Caucus - Minority Caucus )

State Senate ( Majority Caucus - Minority Caucus )

U.S. SENATOR:

Lisa Murkowski (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Frank Vondersaar (D) - Attorney, Engineer & Frequent Candidate

Mark Begich (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.

U.S. CONGRESS:

At-Large:
Don Young (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Andrew Halcro (R) - Ex-State Rep., Marketing Executive & '06 Gov. Candidate
Harry Crawford (D) - State Rep., Iron Worker & Local Labor Union Official

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Alaskan Independence Party
Alaska Democratic Party
Alaska Green Party
Alaska Libertarian Party
Republican Party of Alaska
Republican Moderate Party of Alaska

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

Alaska Division of Elections

Alaska Political Offices Commission (APOC)

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Alaska Journal of Commerce
Alaska Newspapers Inc. (9 Regional Newspapers)
Alaska Public Radio
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage Press (Alternative)
Bush Blade
Chugiak-Eagle River Alaska Star
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Haines Eagle Eye News
Homer News
Juneau Empire - (Politics/Legislature)
Juneau Capital City Weekly
Kenai Peninsula Clarion
Ketchikan Daily News
KIMO TV-13 & KJUD TV-8 (ABC - Anchorage & Juneau)
Kodiak Daily Mirror
KTNL TV-13 (CBS - Sitka)
KTUU TV-2 (NBC - Anchorage)
KTVA TV-11 (CBS - Anchorage)
KUAC FM 89.9 (Fairbanks)
Nome Nugget
Petersburg Pilot
Wasilla Frontiersman

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