Edgar Blatchford

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Edgar Blatchford

Democratic Party

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August 16, 2022

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Harvard University

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Edgar Blatchford (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Alaska. He lost in the primary on August 16, 2022.

Biography

Edgar Blatchford earned master's degrees in public administration from Harvard University, in globalization from Dartmouth College, and in journalism from Columbia University. Blatchford's career experience includes working owning Seward Phoenix Log & Tundra Drums and working as an associate professor with the University of Alaska at Anchorage.

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Alaska, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Alaska

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Lisa Murkowski in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Lisa Murkowski	53.7	136,330	20,571	Won (3)
		Kelly Tshibaka	46.3	117,534	2,224	3
		Patricia Chesbro	0.0	0	-29,134	3
		Buzz Kelley	0.0	0	0	2
		Ted Gianoutsos (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Sid Hill (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Joe Stephens (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Lisa Murkowski	44.5	115,759	1,641	Won (3)
		Kelly Tshibaka	44.3	115,310	3,209	3
		Patricia Chesbro	11.2	29,134	901	3
		Buzz Kelley	0.0	0	-8,575	2
		Ted Gianoutsos (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Sid Hill (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Joe Stephens (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Lisa Murkowski	43.4	114,118	0	Won (3)
		Kelly Tshibaka	42.6	112,101	0	3
		Patricia Chesbro	10.7	28,233	0	3
		Buzz Kelley	3.3	8,575	0	2
		Ted Gianoutsos (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Sid Hill (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Joe Stephens (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,027
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Alaska

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Alaska on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Murkowski (R)	45.0	85,794
✔		Kelly Tshibaka (R)	38.5	73,414
✔		Patricia Chesbro (D)	6.8	12,989
✔		Buzz Kelley (R)	2.1	4,055
	Submit photo	Pat Nolin (R)	1.1	2,004
		Edgar Blatchford (D)	1.0	1,981
		Ivan Taylor (D)	1.0	1,897
		Samuel Merrill (R)	0.8	1,529
		Sean Thorne (L)	0.7	1,399
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Independent)	0.4	853
		Joe Stephens (Alaskan Independence Party)	0.4	805
		John Schiess (R)	0.4	734
		Dustin Darden (Alaskan Independence Party)	0.3	649
		Kendall Shorkey (R)	0.3	627
		Karl Speights (R)	0.3	613
	Submit photo	Jeremy Keller (Independent)	0.2	405
		Sid Hill (Independent)	0.1	274
		Huhnkie Lee (Independent)	0.1	238
	Submit photo	David Darden (Independent)	0.1	198

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 190,458
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sam Little (R)
• Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)
• Shellie Wyatt (Alaskan Independence Party)

2021

See also: Anchorage School District, Alaska, elections (2021)

General election

General election for Anchorage School District Board of Education Seat E

The following candidates ran in the general election for Anchorage School District Board of Education Seat E on April 6, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pat Higgins (Nonpartisan)	32.6	21,407
	Submit photo	Sami Graham (Nonpartisan)	32.1	21,038
		Alisha Hilde (Nonpartisan)	12.6	8,265
	Submit photo	Rachel Blakeslee (Nonpartisan)	9.8	6,402
		Edgar Blatchford (Nonpartisan)	8.0	5,267
	Submit photo	Nial Sherwood Williams (Nonpartisan)	4.0	2,653
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	604

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,636
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2020

See also: United States Senate election in Alaska, 2020

United States Senate election in Alaska, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Alaska

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Alaska on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Daniel S. Sullivan (R)	53.9	191,112
		Al Gross (Nonpartisan)	41.2	146,068
		John Howe (Alaskan Independence Party)	4.7	16,806
	Submit photo	Jed Whittaker (G) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Sid Hill (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Karen Nanouk (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	601

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 354,587
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Alaska

Incumbent Daniel S. Sullivan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Alaska on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Daniel S. Sullivan	100.0	65,257

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Adam Master Newman (R)

Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary election

Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for U.S. Senate Alaska

Al Gross and John Howe defeated Edgar Blatchford and Chris Cumings in the Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for U.S. Senate Alaska on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Al Gross	79.9	50,047
✔		John Howe	6.6	4,165
		Edgar Blatchford	8.7	5,463
	Submit photo	Chris Cumings	4.8	2,989

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,664
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Darden (Independent)
• Larry Barnes (Independent)
• David Matheny (Independent)

2016

See also: United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Alaska's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski defeated Ray Metcalfe (D), Joe Miller (L), Breck Craig (I), Ted Gianoutsos (I), and Margaret Stock (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Murkowski defeated Paul Kendall, Thomas Lamb, and Bob Lochner in the Republican primary, while Metcalfe defeated Edgar Blatchford to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 16, 2016.

U.S. Senate, Alaska General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lisa Murkowski Incumbent	44.4%	138,149
	Libertarian	Joe Miller	29.2%	90,825
	Independent	Margaret Stock	13.2%	41,194
	Democratic	Ray Metcalfe	11.6%	36,200
	Independent	Breck Craig	0.8%	2,609
	Independent	Ted Gianoutsos	0.6%	1,758
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	706
Total Votes				311,441
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Alaska Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Lisa Murkowski Incumbent	71.5%	39,545
Bob Lochner	15.3%	8,480
Paul Kendall	7.7%	4,272
Thomas Lamb	5.4%	2,996
Total Votes		55,293
Source: Alaska Division of Elections

U.S. Senate, Alaska Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ray Metcalfe	60.1%	15,228
Edgar Blatchford	39.9%	10,090
Total Votes		25,318
Source: Alaska Division of Elections

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2022

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2021

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2020

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Alaska's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Daniel Sullivan (R)

Representatives

Nicholas Begich (R)

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