2010 Alaska gubernatorial election

Republican primary

Certified for the ballot

• Gerald L. Heikes, perennial candidate
• Merica Hlatcu
• Sam Little, truck driver and country musician
• Sean Parnell, incumbent Governor
• Ralph Samuels, former Majority Leader of the Alaska House of Representatives
• Bill Walker, attorney and former Mayor of Valdez

Declined

• Sarah Palin, former Governor
• Ted Stevens, former U.S. Senator & U.S. Attorney (ran for 2014 U.S. Senate election)

Withdrew

• John Harris, former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives, announced in January 2010 that he would be seeking re-election to his House seat instead

Polling

Results

Alaskan Independence-Democratic-Libertarian primary

Candidates

Alaskan Independence Party

• Don Wright, bush pilot

Democratic Party

• Ethan Berkowitz, former Minority Leader of the Alaska House of Representatives, nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2006 and Congress in 2008
• Hollis S. French, State Senator
• Bob Poe, Businessman (Withdrawn)

Libertarian Party

• William Toien

Results

General election

Candidates

• Ethan Berkowitz (D)
  • Berkowitz's running mate is college professor Diane Benson, who ran for Governor in 1998 on the Green Party ticket.
• Sean Parnell (R)
  • Parnell's running mate is businessman Mead Treadwell.
• William Toien (L)
  • Toien's running mate is Jeffrey Brown.
• Don Wright (AIP)
  • Wright's running mate is Michigan Militia founder Norm Olson.

Lieutenant Governor Candidates

In Alaska, the lieutenant governor runs separately from the governor in the primary election. The respective party nominees for each office are then joined as a party ticket in the general election. Occasionally, a minor party will nominate a candidate for governor, but without a running mate.

• Diane E. Benson (Democrat) (won primary)
• Eddie Burke (Republican), Anchorage businessman and radio talk show host
• Craig Campbell (Republican), incumbent (withdrew April 2010)
• Lynette Moreno-Hinz, Anchorage taxicab driver who was involved with a taxi deregulation ballot issue in 2008
• Jay Ramras (Republican), Fairbanks businessman and member of the Alaska House
• Mead Treadwell (Republican) (won primary)

Predictions

Polling

Fundraising

Campaign activity disclosure reports are filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. For the period ending February 1, 2010, the candidates and others subject to filing have reported the following to APOC:

Results

Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Ketchikan Gateway Borough (largest city: Ketchikan)
• Petersburg
• Bethel Census Area (largest city: Bethel)
• Kusilvak Census Area (largest city: Hooper Bay)
• North Slope Borough (largest city: Utqiaġvik)
• Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area (largest city: Craig)
• Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area (largest city: Fort Yukon)
• Juneau
• Haines Borough (largest census-designated place: Haines)
• Aleutians East Borough (largest city: Akutan)

References

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