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• Alaska Rep. Nick Begich leads 3 challengers in U.S. House primary

  19-08-2026 08:20 via ktoo.org
  Nick Begich speaks at the Alaska Oil & Gas Association candidate forum on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Matt Faubion | Alaska Public Media)
  Republican Congressman Nick Begich finished in first place in Tuesday’s primary election, according to preliminary results.
  With about half of Alaska’s precincts reporting, Begich had about 48% of the vote.
  The incumbent congressman was not available for an interview Tuesday. A campaign spokesman did not respond to queries.
  Begich is a Republic
  
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• U.S. Senate race will have two Dan Sullivans and a Mary Peltola

  19-08-2026 07:54 via ktoo.org
  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan arrived at his election watch party at the Alaska Aviation Museum in Anchorage the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (James Daggett | Alaska Public Media)
  It looks like Alaska will have two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the November ballot for U.S. Senate, as well as Democrat Mary Peltola.
  Rounding out the top four in the early results was Republican Gerald Heikes, leading Democrat David Leslie by just 58 votes.
  That’s according to preliminary results the state
  
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• Campaign finance ballot measure passing by wide margin

  19-08-2026 07:38 via ktoo.org
  A poll worker helps a Petersburg voter submit their ballot during the Aug. 18 primary. (Taylor Heckart | KFSK)
  Early results show Alaskans approving a ballot measure seeking to reinstate limits on individual campaign contributions by a roughly 3-to-1 margin, according to the Alaska Division of Elections.
  Currently, Alaska has no limit on individual campaign contributions thanks to a federal appeals court ruling in 2021 that declared the state’s voter-approved $500-per-year limit unconstit
  
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• Kreiss-Tomkins, Begich, Wilson and Bronson lead in governor primary results

  19-08-2026 07:28 via ktoo.org
  Voters fill out their ballots at the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center in Bethel on Aug. 18, 2026. (Evan Erickson | KYUK)
  Two Democrats and two Republicans are leading in early primary election results in the race for governor.
  The top four candidates in the nonpartisan blanket primary will advance to the general election in November. For now, those are:
  • Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins with 21.6%• Democrat Tom Begich with 19.5%• Republican Bernadette Wilson with 10.9%• R
  
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• Kreiss-Tomkins, Begich, Wilson and Bronson lead in early governor primary results

  19-08-2026 07:28 via ktoo.org
  Voters fill out their ballots at the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center in Bethel on Aug. 18, 2026. (Evan Erickson | KYUK)
  Two Democrats and two Republicans are leading in early primary election results in the race for governor.
  The top four candidates in the nonpartisan blanket primary will advance to the general election in November. For now, those are:
  • Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins with 21.2%• Democrat Tom Begich with 19.0%• Republican Bernadette Wilson with 11.1%• R
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

  19-08-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260818-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Alaska Wildlife Troopers arrested long-time Chilkat Valley resident Steve Kroschel on Monday, nearly a year after the state first filed charges against him related to alleged animal cruelty,
  A former Juneau fire captain has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for physically assaulting his stepdaughter,
  The Juneau Assembly voted last to sell City Hall to its neighbor, Sealaska Heritage Institute,
  
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• Judge sentences former Juneau fire captain to more than a year in prison

  19-08-2026 01:40 via ktoo.org
  Judge Larry Woolford in the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  A former Juneau fire captain has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for physically assaulting his stepdaughter.
  A jury found Brent Clancy guilty of assault in April, and at a sentencing hearing last week, the presiding judge said he had little faith in Clancy’s ability to change.
  This story contains descriptions of violence against children. 
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