Democrats are hoping to flip the Senate in November 2026 in a move that would restrain President Trump's legislative agenda.

Democratic Fairbanks Sen. Scott Kawasaki violated ethics law by holding constituent events too close to the 2024 state primary, a panel of the Alaska Legislature concluded in a report published Friday.

Alaska's Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich continued their fundraising efforts in the third quarter of the year, predicting challengers in the 2026 elections. Sullivan reported raising just under $1.

The Alaska Supreme Court ordered backers of Gov. Mike Dunleavy to respond to subpoenas that seek to find whether they violated state campaign finance laws in the lead-up to the 2022 election. Alaska’s top court issued its ruling on Friday, affirming a lower court decision from January 2024.

Just over 20 years ago, a KMAland native departed the Midwest in a stick-shift pick-up truck on a trek to Alaska, and now, she is the new mayor