All racesAlaska State house, district 7FEED 7:50 PM ET, 0s AGO
Alaska primary, August 18, 2026

State house, district 7

Nonpartisan primary
ALL ADVANCE
Leading
74.4%Justin Ruffridge (R)+48.7 over Veh
Votes counted
3,239no turnout estimate published
Precincts reporting
100.0%6 of 6 precincts
Lead holds
>99%modeled from the margin and 100.0% counted, not a poll

The field

2 on the ballot, ordered by vote. Every party runs on one ballot in this contest, so each name carries its own. This primary does not pick a nominee: the top four finishers advance to the general election. With two on the ballot, nobody can be eliminated.

Justin Ruffridge(R)Advancing to the general74.4%2,409 votes
Kate Veh(D)Advancing to the general25.6%830 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 3,239 votes counted so far, 3,239 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type
Mail and absentee3.4%110 votesEarly in person11.0%355 votesElection day85.6%2,774 votes
Mail and absentee110 votes, 3% of the count
Ruffridge (R)64.5%71Veh (D)35.5%39
Ruffridge won mail and absentee ballots by 29.1 points over Veh.
Early in person355 votes, 11% of the count
Ruffridge (R)67.3%239Veh (D)32.7%116
Ruffridge won early in person ballots by 34.6 points over Veh.
Election day2,774 votes, 86% of the count
Ruffridge (R)75.7%2,099Veh (D)24.3%675
Ruffridge won election day ballots by 51.3 points over Veh.

Registered voters across the precincts in this race: 17,052 in total, which the 3,239 votes counted so far are 19.0% of. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

6 of 6 precincts finished, 6 reporting anything.

Every precinct with an estimate has counted its expected vote.

Every precinct

6 precincts, plus 3 batches counted districtwide rather than back at a precinct: early voting, absentee and question ballots. Every precinct has reported something. Click any of them to break it down above.

Topline from Decision Desk HQ. Precincts and ballot-type splits from the Alaska Division of Elections precinct file. Feeds update minutes apart, so the precincts can trail the topline. Percentages are shares of this contest. Where a precinct reports no precinct count, progress is its vote against the expected total instead. Lead confidence reflects how much of the vote is still out, not a poll. Unofficial until certified.