Voting booths are filled at the Kenai No. 2 precinct, the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Voting booths are filled at the Kenai No. 2 precinct, the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Update: Unofficial results for the 2024 general election

Preliminary, unofficial election results as of 9:55 p.m.

These are the final unofficial election results published by the State Division of Elections on the night of the Nov. 5 general election. Some absentee and early ballots will be counted in coming weeks, as well as tabulation of ranked choice votes in races where no candidate received more than 50% of the share.

Preliminary, unofficial election results as of 3:00 a.m.

Senate District D (17 of 17 precincts reporting)

Jesse Bjorkman, 7,218 — 47.83%

Ben Carpenter, 6,209 — 41.13%

Tina Wegener, 1,629 — 10.76%

House District 6 (9 of 9 precincts reporting)

Sarah Vance, 4,305 — 47.69%

Brent Johnson, 3,868 — 42.85%

Dawson Slaughter, 836 — 9.26%

House District 7 (6 of 6 precincts reporting)

Justin Ruffridge, 3,915 — 59.36%

Ron Gillham, 2,619 — 39.71%

House District 8 (11 of 11 precincts reporting)

Bill Elam, 3,720 — 51.26%

John Hillyer, 3,435 — 47.33%

Ballot Measure #1 (374 of 402 precincts reporting)

Yes, 136,526 — 56.51%

No, 105,089 — 43.49%

Ballot Measure #2 (374 of 402 precincts reporting)

Yes, 124,762 — 50.96%

No, 120,059 — 49.04%

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