One of the remarkable things about the nationwide, 2024 elections was how ranked-choice voting (RCV) initiatives failed almost everywhere they were attempted. It’s important to note that RCV is supported overwhelmingly by the left, which tells you a lot.
Of course, as is so often the case, Alaska had to be different. The Last Frontier approved RCV by a ballot initiative in 2020. The new system was first used in the 2022 special election for our at-large House seat, which was left empty by the death of our long-standing representative Don Young (R-AK). Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election. In the 2022 election, it’s generally regarded that not only Mary Peltola, but our embarrassing Senator “Princess” Lisa Murkowski won reelection because of RCV.
See Related: Alaska and Ranked-Choice Voting: It’s Over—for Now
