Alaska candidate resources

Pick your borough to see what running for office takes.

A plain-language guide to getting on the ballot across Alaska: the declaration of candidacy, the nonpartisan top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, and where to file with the Division of Elections or your borough clerk. Click the map or use the list.

Wrangell — how to run for office Kusilvak — how to run for office Bristol Bay — how to run for office Hoonah-Angoon — how to run for office Petersburg — how to run for office Northwest Arctic — how to run for office Haines — how to run for office Aleutians East — how to run for office Kodiak Island — how to run for office Lake and Peninsula — how to run for office Valdez-Cordova — how to run for office Yukon-Koyukuk — how to run for office Southeast Fairbanks — how to run for office Prince of Wales-Hyder — how to run for office Sitka — how to run for office North Slope — how to run for office Bethel — how to run for office Fairbanks North Star — how to run for office Dillingham — how to run for office Ketchikan Gateway — how to run for office Yakutat — how to run for office Juneau — how to run for office Denali — how to run for office Matanuska-Susitna — how to run for office Anchorage — how to run for office Aleutians West — how to run for office Kenai Peninsula — how to run for office Nome — how to run for office Skagway — how to run for office

All 29 Alaska boroughs & census areas — click any area for its guide.

All 29 Alaska boroughs & census areas

Alphabetical. Each links to that area’s “how to run for office” guide.

Aleutians East Borough Aleutians West Census Area Municipality of Anchorage Bethel Census Area Bristol Bay Borough Denali Borough Dillingham Census Area Fairbanks North Star Borough Haines Borough Hoonah-Angoon Census Area City and Borough of Juneau Kenai Peninsula Borough Ketchikan Gateway Borough Kodiak Island Borough Kusilvak Census Area Lake and Peninsula Borough Matanuska-Susitna Borough Nome Census Area North Slope Borough Northwest Arctic Borough Petersburg Borough Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area City and Borough of Sitka Municipality of Skagway Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Valdez-Cordova Census Area City and Borough of Wrangell City and Borough of Yakutat Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

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