2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska: Difference between revisions
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A special election was held on August 16, 2022, with the results announced two weeks later on August 31. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Reuters |date=2022-08-31 |title=Democrat Mary Peltola wins special election to fill Alaska's U.S. House seat |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrat-mary-peltola-wins-special-election-fill-alaskas-us-house-seat-2022-09-01/ |access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref> [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Mary Peltola won the open seat, in an apparent upset. Peltola's victory was the first Democratic party win an election for the [[United States House of Representatives]] seat representing Alaska since Nick Begich's posthumous 1972 victory.
The runoff count was reported on August 31, after all absentee and overseas ballots were counted, with Peltola being
With her election, Peltola became the first indigenous Alaska Native elected serve in the [[United States Congress]], and the first woman elected to represent Alaska in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rockey |first=Tim |url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/09/01/peltola-become-first-alaska-native-first-female-congresswoman/?outputType=amp |title=Peltola to become first Alaska Native, first female Alaska congresswoman |publisher=Alaskasnewssource.com |date= |accessdate=2022-09-01}}</ref>
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Ballotpedia link: https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_special_election_in_Alaska,_2022
Reddit user /u/robertjbrown also parsed the ballot data into EM ballot format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alaska special election ballots|url=https://www.karmatics.com/voting/alaskaspecial.txt|author=robertjbrown}}</ref><ref name="reddit 2023">{{cite web | title=What should I use to parse Alaska special election JSON data? | website=reddit | date=2023-03-30 | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/123uegt/what_should_i_use_to_parse_alaska_special/je8hxvc/?context=3 | access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref>
=== Results ===
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Copied from [[w:2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election]]:<ref>Copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_Alaska%27s_at-large_congressional_district_special_election&oldid=1116513169</ref>
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|+ colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election<ref name="akdoe1"
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! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party
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| style="text-align:left" colspan=8 | Democratic '''gain''' from Republican
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== August 2022 regular primary election==
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According to [[Jeanne Clelland]]'s paper titled "''Ranked Choice Voting And the Center Squeeze in the Alaska 2022 Special Election: How Might Other Voting Methods Compare?''":<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.00108</ref>
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The August 2022 special election for U.S. House Representative in Alaska featured three main candidates and was conducted by by single-winner ranked choice voting method known as ``instant runoff voting." The results of this election displayed a well-known but relatively rare phenomenon known as the ``center squeeze:" The most centrist candidate, Mark Begich, was eliminated in the first round despite winning an overwhelming majority of second-place votes. In fact, Begich was the
The purpose of this paper is to use the data in the cast vote record to explore the range of likely outcomes if this election had been conducted under two alternative voting methods: Approval Voting and STAR (``Score Then Automatic Runoff") Voting. We find that under the best assumptions available about voter behavior, the most likely outcomes are that Peltola would still have won the election under Approval Voting, while Begich would have won under STAR Voting.
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