In Alaska’s U.S. House race, a Libertarian and a federal inmate advance after late withdrawals

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: September 1, 2026

Words: 773

Last Updated: 11 hours, 58 minutes ago

This article has been updated as of 6 p.m. Monday to include the withdrawal of another candidate.

Weeks after suspending his campaign, the leading Democrat in Alaska’s U.S. House race officially withdrew ahead of Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline.

That withdrawal triggered a sequence of events that put the eighth-place finisher, Libertarian candidate Jim McDermott, on the ballot in November.

Democrat Matt Schultz received 8.1% of the vote in the August primary, good enough for …

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