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State of Alaska - Division of Elections

2006 Alaska Congressional and Statewide Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 6/1/06, Primary: 8/22/06, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/1/06, General Election 11/7/06,
Last Updated: December 2, 2006

Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,

Governor, 55.9% in '02, 1^st term, Frank H. Murkowski (R) defeated in Primary, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Chris Cillizza: 15th Most Likely Governorship to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, New York Times Ratings: Toss Up, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss Up, Rothenberg Political Report: Narrow Advantage Republican, Chuck Todd: 13th Most Vulnerable Governor,

ex-Gov. '04 Senate nominee Tony Knowles (D) 41%, ex-Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin (R) 48.3%, ex-GOP St. Rep. Andrew Halcro (I) 9.5%,

'02 nominee / bush pilot Donald R. "Don" Wright (Ind) 0.5%,

'02 nominee dirigible builder William S. "Billy" Toien (L) 0.3%,

David M. Massie (G) 0.2%,

All write in votes 0.2%, Walter M. "Walt" Dixon (C/WI),

Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 55.9% in '02, 1^st term, Loren D. Leman (R) retiring,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican,

St. Rep. Ethan Berkowitz (D) 41.0%, ex-St. Rep. Sean R. Parnell (R) 48.3%, ex-Assemblywoman Fay Von Gemmingen (I) 9.5%,

realtor Doug Welton (Ind) 0.5%,

Robert D. Mirabal (L) 0.3%,

All write in votes 0.2%, Pete Ekstrom (C),

At-Large Congressional District, 71.1% in '04, 17^th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, New York Times Ratings: Safe Republican, Roll Call Analysis: Safe Republican,

'02 Green Party Gov. nominee Diane E. Benson (D) 40.0%, Donald E. "Don" Young (R) 56.6%, Alexander Crawford (L) 1.7%,

medical aide Eva L. Ince (G) 0.8%,

retiree William W. "Bill" Ratigan (I) 0.7%,

write-in votes 0.2%,

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report,
Washington Post's Chris Cillizza,
Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker,
Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard,
Cook Political Report,
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,
Roll Call Analysis,
National Journal's Chuck Todd,
Rothenberg Political Report,

2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.

= Democrat retain control, = Democrats take over control,

= Republican retain control, = Republicans take over control,

= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, = Independent / 3rd Party take over control

Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races.

Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control.

Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. Red boxes indicates Republicans took control.

3. Key to Alaska Political Parties:
(C) = Constitution Party
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green Party
(Ind) = Alaskan Independence Party (I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(R) = Republican Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates