Twelve candidates are running for Alaska’s At-Large U.S. House district this year—the second-most in the last 10 years

This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Alaska was June 1, 2024.

Twelve candidates are running for Alaska’s At-Large Congressional District, including two Democrats, four Republicans, two non-major party candidates, three nonpartisan candidates, and one undeclared candidate. Twenty-two candidates ran in 2022, six candidates ran in 2020, and seven ran in 2018.

Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:

• The number of candidates running this year is also the second-most in the last 10 years.

• This is the second year the election for Alaska’s At-Large Congressional District will use a top-four primary system. In a top-four primary, primary candidates run in a single primary election, regardless of the candidate’s party affiliation.
• Alaska’s At-Large Congressional District is not open this year because incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AL) is running for re-election. The only election year that the district was open in the last 10 years was 2022.
• Democratic and Republican candidates filed to run in the primary, meaning the district is not guaranteed to either party.

Alaska and two other states—Florida and Wyoming—will hold primaries on August 20.

Alaska utilizes a top-four primary system. In a top-four primary system, primary candidates run in a single primary election, regardless of the candidate’s party affiliation. The four candidates that receive the most votes advance to the general election. In the general election, voters use ranked-choice voting to select the winner.