Alaska elections: resources online and at the Alaska State Library: Home

The Division of Elections publishes statistics, election pamphlets, sample ballots, media packets, press releases, and more on its website. We've highlighted some key publications in this guide.

This guide highlights some key publications held by the Alaska State Library. Search the catalog for resources held by many other Alaska libraries.

The Alaska State Archives collects State records, including records from the Division of Elections.

NARA holds some records relating to elections prior to Statehood.

Links described in this guide as "At the Alaska State Library" lead to our library catalog. If you wish to view any of the resources you find in our catalog, visit or contact our Research Center.

1958 forward, both general and primary elections, available through a database

1958-2022, available through a browsable list, a format which may be easier for some users to access than the current website.

1958, JK9593 1958.A53

1960-1984, JK9592.A35

1986-2000, JK9592.A35
For some of these elections, paper returns held at the Alaska State Library are more detailed than the electronic versions currently published on the Division of Elections website.

1958-1984, JK9592.A37

1986, JK9592.A37

1988-2002, JK9592.A37
For some of these elections, paper returns held at the Alaska State Library are more detailed than the electronic versions currently published on the Division of Elections website.

1983 JK9593

2002 forward, includes general elections and primary ballot measure pamphlets

1974, JK9595.E44

1976 - 1992, JK9595.E44 , at Alaska State Library
1994, JK9595.E44 (microfiche)

1996 forward, JK9595.E44

1999 JK9595.E442

2006, JK2023.A4P57 English

2006, JK2023.A4P57 Tagalog

2007, JK9595.E443 English

2007, JK9595.E443 Tagalog

2008, JK2023.A4P572 English

2008, JK2023.A4P572 Tagolog

2010, JK2023.A4P573

2010, JK2023.A4P573 English/Tagalog

2012, JK2023.A4P574

2014, JK2023.A4 P573 English/Tagolog/Spa

2004 forward, includes both general and primary elections

Primary election 1986, 1998-2004, 2008
General election 1986-2002, 2008
JK9591.M43

Lists and in some cases full text of Alaska petitions and ballot measures.

Statistics cover voter registration and history, election results, ballot statistics, PFD automatic voter registration statistics, and list maintenance statistics.

2000-forward (but only 2008 forward for REAA elections)

Includes ballot propositions not in official election pamphlets including primary elections, 1958-1999, general elections, prior to 1974. Also includes lists of all initiatives, referenda, constitutional amendments, bonding propositions, and advisory votes on ballots of statewide elections since statehood.
1991.0004 VF

March 1997-November 2002, JK9590.A45

JK9591.A48

Includes official and sample ballots, official returns, number of registered voters per district, and newspaper clippings
MS 169

None received for 1992
282 PCA

Brochures of candidates in Alaska running for office; includes biographical data, political party platforms, newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous material.
MS 56

MS 0004-33-012

Includes overview information, initiatives, brochures, opinions, ballots, and miscellany.
MS 4-21

This large collection includes, among other items, information about elections, including his elections as judge and delegate to Congress; the Republican Party; and politics from 1906-1932 including items focusing on his activities in Alaska and Washington, D.C. Several files contain political campaign literature, speeches, and election returns, and his campaign for nomination as the Alaska’s territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress.
MS 107

1975, 1981-1983, 1985-1995
JK9591.A1S75