In 2024, TSP’s investment supported lawmakers in Alaska working to build cross-partisan coalitions in both chambers at the same time for the first time in decades. In the most recent legislative session, those cross-partisan coalitions worked together to enact policies that:
With every House seat and half of the Senate seats up for election this November, the cross-partisan coalitions that delivered these policy victories are at risk.
This November, it’s critical to protect Alaska’s cross-partisan coalitions so that lawmakers can continue delivering policies that improve Alaskans’ lives. We believe the odds are on our side, but we cannot afford to leave this critical governing power up to chance.
In 2024, The States Project worked to rebuild governing power for state lawmakers in Alaska who are committed to protecting personal freedoms, defending democracy, and policies that will improve people’s daily lives. For the first time in decades, there was a bipartisan coalition in both the House and the Senate in Juneau.
In Alaska, it was critical to help voters understand the new ranked-choice system of voting, which removed some ability by the radical right to primary candidates who showed interest in joining the bipartisan coalition that stands against the rightwing governor.
In the Alaska State Senate, all nine Democrats and eight of 11 Republicans have formed a bipartisan coalition, leaving three rightwing state senators in the minority.
Candidates our efforts supported won four seats, including two flips, accounting for a critical 20 percent of the coalition’s seats. This allowed the bipartisan coalition in the House to be rebuilt in 2021.
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