Tuesday is Election Day! Voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough will head to polls to cast their ballots in the races for U.S. president, for local seats in the Alaska Legislature, and to decide on a pair of ballot measures.
Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The target date for certifying election results in Alaska is Nov. 30, according to the State Division of Elections. A full list of voting precincts is included at the bottom of this story. Voting locations can also be found at myvoterinformation.alaska.gov.
Listed on ballots for the presidential race are Republican nominees Donald Trump and JD Vance, Democratic nominees Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, and six other tickets.
Incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, is challenged by Republican Nick Begich, Alaska Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe, and Democrat Eric Hafner.
Also on the ballot are local races for Alaska House and Senate.
Senate District D represents the northern Kenai Peninsula including Kenai, Soldotna and Nikiski. Incumbent Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, is contending with challenger Rep. Ben Carpenter, R-Nikiski — who is not running for reelection to his current seat in the House of Representatives — as well as Tina Wegener, a Sterling Democrat.
House District 7 represents Kenai and Soldotna. Incumbent Rep. Justin Ruffridge, R-Soldotna, is challenged by former Rep. Ron Gillham, R-Soldotna.
House District 8 represents Nikiski, Sterling and Cooper Landing. There is no incumbent running because Carpenter is running for a different seat. Bill Elam, a Soldotna Republican currently on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, and John Hillyer, a Soldotna Republican and a retired Air Force pilot, are vying for the seat.
House District 6 represents the southern Kenai Peninsula including Homer, Anchor Point and Kasilof. Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, is the incumbent. Other candidates include Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson, running nonpartisan, and Dawson Slaughter, an Anchor Point Republican and president of the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce.
House District 5 includes Seward and other communities not on the Kenai Peninsula like Kodiak and Cordova. Seward resident Leighton Radner, a registered member of the Libertarian party, is running against incumbent Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak.
The first ballot measure describes an initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage over three years before tying it to inflation. The measure would also require paid sick leave for many employees and prohibit employers from requiring employees attend meetings about politics or religious issues.
The second ballot measure would repeal both open primary elections and ranked choice general elections as approved by voters in 2020. The top four open primary would no longer be used, rather parties “will chose who may run and who may vote” in primaries. The measure also makes changes to the process used to fill vacancies in office.
In both cases, a vote of “yes” would support seeing the changes implemented.
More information about all locations can be found at elections.alaska.gov/avo. More information about candidates and ballot measures can be found at elections.alaska.gov.
More information about the candidates for local seats in the Alaska Legislature, including coverage of a series of candidate forums hosted by the Peninsula Clarion, KDLL 91.9 FM and KBBI 890 AM, can be found at peninsulaclarion.com/tag/elections.
Reach reporter Jake Dye at jacob.dye@peninsulaclarion.com.
Polling Locations
06-200 Anchor Point Anchor Point Senior Center, Mile .25, Milo Fritz Road, Anchor Point
08-035 Bear Creek Bear Creek Fire Station, Mile 5 Seward Highway, Seward
07-005 Central Soldotna Sports Center, 538 Arena Ave., Soldotna
08-040 Cooper Landing Cooper Landing Community Hall, Bean Creek Road, Cooper Landing
06-210 Diamond Ridge Homer Chamber of Commerce, 201 Sterling Highway, Homer
06-220 Fox River Kachemak Emergency Services, 53048 Ashwood Avenue, Homer
08-045 Funny River No. 1 Funny River Community Center, 35850 Pioneer Access Road, Soldotna
08-050 Funny River No. 2 Soldotna Prep School, 426 W Redoubt Ave., Soldotna
06-230 Homer No. 1 Homer City Hall, 491 E. Pioneer Ave., Homer
06-240 Homer No. 2 Homer United Methodist Church, 770 East End Road, Homer
08-055 Hope Hope Retreat Center, A Avenue, Hope
06-250 Kachemak/Fritz Creek Kachemak Community Center, 59906 Bear Creek Drive, Homer
06-260 Kasilof Kasilof Community Church, 51540 Mercantile Ave., Kasilof
07-010 K Beach Soldotna Sports Center, 538 Arena Ave, Soldotna
07-015 Kenai No. 1 Kenai Mall, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Kenai
07-020 Kenai No. 2 Challenger Learning Center, 9711 Kenai Spur Highway, Kenai
07-025 Kenai No. 3 Kenai Mall, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Kenai
08-060 Mackey Lake Soldotna Prep School, 426 W Redoubt Ave., Soldotna
08-065 Moose Pass Moose Pass Community Hall, Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, Moose Pass
08-070 Nikiski Nikiski Community Rec Center, 50097 Kenai Spur Highway, Nikiski
06-070 Ninilchik Ninilchik Community Center, 15763 Kingsley Road, Ninilchik
08-075 Salamatof Nikiski Community Rec Center, 50097 Kenai Spur Highway, Nikiski
06-280 Seldovia/Kachemak Seldovia Library, 260 Seldovia Street, Seldovia
05-865 Seward/Lowell Point Seward City Hall, 5th and Adams, Seward
07-030 Soldotna Soldotna Public Library, 235 N Binkley St., Soldotna
08-080 Sterling No. 1 Sterling Community Center, 38377 Swanson River Road, Sterling
08-085 Sterling No. 2 Sterling Community Center, 38377 Swanson River Road, Sterling
37-756 Tyonek Tyonek Community Hall, 100 A Street, Tyonek
