Alaska's U.S. House race is close, while Murkowski leads Tshibaka in Senate primary

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy leads in initial primary election results Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Anchorage School District]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, August 17. In today's newsletter: - Democrat Mary Peltola is leading in Alaska's special U.S. House election, though early results show it's still a tight race. The winner, who will finish out the rest of Don Young's term, won't be known for a few weeks. - Incumbent Lisa Murkowski is narrowly ahead of Trump-backed Republican Kelly Tshibaka in early voting results for the U.S. Senate primary. The top four vote-getters in that race will advance to the November election. - Anchorage's mayor has vetoed several funding items in a federal relief spending package approved by the Assembly, including millions of dollars for purchasing low-income and supportive housing units. Those who didn't vote early made their way to polling locations across the state yesterday in Alaska's first ever ranked choice election. Candidates for state and federal office also took to the streets to wave signs in a last chance to get their faces in front of voters. From Xtratufs to Chewbacca, [here's what our photographers saw]( around Anchorage and Mat-Su on election day. 🌧️ Anchorage weather Today calls for heavy rain mainly after 2 p.m., with a high of 61 degrees. The rain is set to continue through the rest of the week, and the weekend, with temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Early results in Alaska’s special U.S. House election show a close race]( [Early results in Alaska’s special U.S. House election show a close race]( With voting complete in Alaska’s special U.S. House race — the state’s first ranked choice election — Democrat Mary Peltola was leading Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III in early returns with the most first-place votes. The winner won’t be known until the last ballots are counted later this month, when ranked choice tabulation can begin. [Read More]( [Murkowski leads Trump-backed Tshibaka in Alaska’s U.S. Senate primary ]( [Murkowski leads Trump-backed Tshibaka in Alaska’s U.S. Senate primary]( In the U.S. Senate primary, largely seen as a referendum on former President Trump, incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski was leading Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka in early voting results. The top four candidates will move on to the November general election. And in the [race for Alaska governor](, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy appears headed to the ranked-choice November general election along with independent former Gov. Bill Walker and Democrat former state Rep. Les Gara. Two conservative Republicans running to the right of Dunleavy were vying for fourth place and the chance to advance to November. [Read More]( [Anchorage Mayor Bronson vetoes funding for low-income housing and other items in Assembly’s relief spending package]( [Anchorage Mayor Bronson vetoes funding for low-income housing and other items in Assembly’s relief spending package]( Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has issued vetoes related to several projects in the city’s federal relief spending package approved by the Assembly last week, including a veto of more than $11.8 million that members directed to the Rasmuson Foundation for purchasing low-income and supportive housing units. It's likely the Assembly will have the supermajority to override his vetoes. [Read More]( [Oil companies say they’ll move ahead to develop giant Pikka oil project on Alaska’s North Slope]( [Oil companies say they’ll move ahead to develop giant Pikka oil project on Alaska’s North Slope]( Global oil and gas companies Santos and Repsol say that they'll invest $2.6 billion to move ahead with development of the giant Pikka oil project on Alaska’s North Slope. The Pikka field is considered one of the largest conventional discoveries of oil in the U.S. in decades. [Read More]( [Construction of Alaska’s largest solar project gets underway in Houston]( [Construction of Alaska’s largest solar project gets underway in Houston]( What will become the largest solar panel farm in Alaska has broken ground on land in Houston, with plans to power 1,400 homes when energy flows starting next summer. The project will nearly double the solar power output in the state. 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