Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.010 (2026)
Provision for primary election
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Sec. 15.25.010. Provision for primary election.
Candidates for the elective state executive and state and national legislative offices shall be nominated in a primary election by direct vote of the people in the manner prescribed by this chapter. The primary election does not serve to determine the nominee of a political party or political group but serves only to narrow the number of candidates whose names will appear on the ballot at the general election. Except as provided in AS 15.25.100(d), only the four candidates who receive the greatest number of votes for any office shall advance to the general election.
Candidates for the elective state executive and state and national legislative offices shall be nominated in a primary election by direct vote of the people in the manner prescribed by this chapter. The primary election does not serve to determine the nominee of a political party or political group but serves only to narrow the number of candidates whose names will appear on the ballot at the general election. Except as provided in AS 15.25.100(d), only the four candidates who receive the greatest number of votes for any office shall advance to the general election.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Scott A. Kohlhaas, The Alaskan Indep. Party, Robert M. Bird, & Kenneth P. Jacobus v. State of Alaska, Div. of Elections Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer, in an Off. Capacity & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. Capacity & Alaskans for Better Elections, Inc., 518 P.3d 1095 (Alaska 2022).
Scott A. Kohlhaas, The Alaskan Indep. Party, Robert M. Bird, & Kenneth P. Jacobus v. State of Alaska, Div. of Elections Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer, in an Off. Capacity & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. Capacity & Alaskans for Better Elections, Inc., 518 P.3d 1095 (Alaska 2022). “8 The nominating petition had to include information about the candidate, including the candidate’s name and address and the office for which the candidate was 2 Former AS 15.25.010 (2020) (amended Feb. 28, 2021); see also former AS 15.”
State v. Green Party of Alaska, 118 P.3d 1054 (Alaska 2005). “Under the new primary system, codified at AS 15.25.010, .014, and .060, each political party has its own ballot “that contains all of the candidates of that party for elective state executive and state and national legislative offices.”
O'callaghan v. State, 914 P.2d 1250 (Alaska 1996). “AS 15.25.010, et seq. In 1990 the Republican Party of Alaska (RPA) enacted a party rule which provides that only registered Republicans, registered Independents, and registered voters who state no preference of party affiliation may vote "in the Republican primary election.”
Alaskan Indep. Party v. Alaska, 545 F.3d 1173 (9th Cir. 2008). “” Alaska Stat. § 15.25.010 . Alaska allows each political party to choose who among the electorate may vote in its primary.”
Sunny Guerin, Elizabeth Asisuan Toovak, & Vera Lincoln v. State of Alaska, Div. of Elections, 537 P.3d 770 (Alaska 2023). “4 Former AS 15.25.010, .060 (2020) (amended Feb. 28, 2021).”
State v. Alaska Democratic Party, 426 P.3d 901 (Alaska 2018). “" 3 See AS 15.25.010 (providing for party primary election); AS 15.”
State of Alaska, Off. of Lieutenant Governor, Div. of Elections, & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. capacity v. Alyse S. Galvin, 491 P.3d 325 (Alaska 2021). “075 (designating as “undeclared” voters who “fail[ ] to declare an affiliation with a political group or political party on a voter registration form”); former AS 15.25.010 (2020) (providing that “voter[s] registered as affiliated with a political party” may participate in that…”
Halloran v. State, Div. of Elections, 115 P.3d 547 (Alaska 2005). “That statute, codified as AS 15.25.010, changed the primary format in Alaska from a blanket primary election — in which one ballot was provided for all parties and candidates — to a closed primary election — in which separate party primary ballots were provided for each…”
O'CALLAGHAN v. State, Dir. of Elections, 6 P.3d 728 (Alaska 2000). “See AS 15.25.010 ("Candidates for the elective state executive and state and national legislative offices shall be nominated in a primary election by direct vote of the people .”
Washington State Repub. Party v. Logan, 377 F. Supp. 2d 907 (W.D. Wash. 2005). “Code § 17 — 16— 14(b); Alaska Stat. § 15.25.010 ; Ariz.Rev. Stat.”
Ross v. Alaska, 189 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1999). “See Alaska Stat. § 15.25.010 (Michie 1989) (“Candidates for the elective state executive and state and national legislative offices shall be nominated in a primary election by direct vote of the people in the manner prescribed by this chapter.”
Whittaker v. Mallott, 259 F. Supp. 3d 1024 (D. Alaska 2017). “Representative); AS 15.25.010 (providing for primary election).”
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