30% — Will Alaska Governor winner be Democratic party and Alaska Senate winner be Democratic party
Leader: Democrats sweep at 30% · Kalshi 30% · 4 contracts · $0 volume · medium confidence
Updated 2026-08-10 06:41:43 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 4 outcomes.

Why this matters:
This probability reflects market expectations that Democrats will win both Alaska's 2026 gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections. Currently priced at 39 cents, a Democratic sweep is considered less likely than a Republican sweep (43 cents) but substantially more probable than split outcomes. The pricing reflects Alaska's historical Republican lean in statewide races, though Democratic strength can vary by office and candidate quality. The main factors pushing this probability would be candidate recruitment, campaign momentum, and voter enthusiasm differences between the two parties heading into the general election. The November 2026 midterm elections will resolve all uncertainty around these outcomes.

Key factors:
- Alaska has voted Republican in 8 of the last 9 gubernatorial elections and 5 of the last 6 Senate races, establishing structural Republican advantage
- Democratic Senate candidate performance depends partly on incumbent or challenger positioning; some cycles see stronger Democratic Senate recruiting than gubernatorial performance
- Recent Alaska election turnout patterns and primary results (occurring earlier in 2026) will signal relative party strength and candidate viability before November
- Campaign spending and outside group investment in both races will indicate which party views Alaska as a winnable priority state
- November 2026 general election results will definitively resolve the outcome, as both races are decided simultaneously

Contracts:
- Will Alaska Governor winner be Democratic party and Alaska Senate winner be Democratic party?: Democrats sweep — 30¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)
- Will Alaska Governor winner be Republican party and Alaska Senate winner be Republican party?: Republicans sweep — 30¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)
- Will Alaska Governor winner be Republican party and Alaska Senate winner be Democratic party?: Republican Governor, Democratic Senator — 18¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)
- Will Alaska Governor winner be Democratic party and Alaska Senate winner be Republican party?: Democratic Governor, Republican Senator — 16¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)

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## Methodology

SimpleFunctions aggregates live YES-side prices from Kalshi and Polymarket contracts bound to this question. For binary topics the headline is the liquidity-weighted mid-price (weight = log(1 + 24h volume) × freshness, where freshness is 1.0 if updated <24h, 0.7 if <7d, 0.4 otherwise). For multi-outcome (winner-take-all) topics the headline is the current leader's price — disjoint outcomes are never arithmetically averaged. Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours.

## SF Signal

- SF Index, regime, and 30d Brier calibration are computed separately and surfaced at https://simplefunctions.dev/admin/calibration.
- No SimpleFunctions index / regime / calibration signal is bound to this topic yet — the headline above is market-derived only.

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*Last verified: 2026-08-10T06:20:50.741Z*

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