ranked choice and Peltola, Palin and Be- gich are still in the race, so Peltola must again attract enough of Begich’s second choice votes to secure 51 percent, defeat Palin and win the full two-year term. Most expect Peltola to eventually prevail in November because of the strength of her first-round votes in August and because experience has shown that most voters, hav- ing made their decisions, do not change their minds in the weeks between primary and general elections. The other race closely watched in August was for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Lisa Murkowski, who faces a challenge from Kelly Tshibaka, a conservative. Murkowski led in the primary with 45 percent of the vote to 38.5 per- cent for Tshibaka but will face Tshibaka again in Novem- ber. This election is ranked-choice, so there will be voters’ second and third choices reallocated. Tshibaka has run an energetic campaign while Murkow - ski quietly focused on delivering new federal funds and pro- grams through her position on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Murkowski is expected to prevail in November. Similarly, incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republi - can, made a strong showing in the August primary with 40.4 percent of the vote over his main challengers, former legislator Les Gara, a Democrat, who had 23 percent of the vote; former Gov. Bill Walker, who had 22.7 percent, and former Kenai Borough mayor Charlie Pierce, a conservative Republican, favored by 6.6 percent of voters. Dunleavy, Walker, Gara and Pierce square off again in November this round will be ranked-choice, which means voters’ alternative picks, when reallocated among the four candidates. Whether this will be enough to overcome Dun- leavy’s first-round lead is unknown.
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