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2012 House report · 2012 Senate report
	House: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	5	2	7	5	5	10
Possible primary challenges	0	0	0	0	0	0
Open seats*	16	21	41	3	6	10²

1. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.

This is the profile for the Alaska gubernatorial race. See also:

Next election:

Incumbent: Sarah Palin

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Sarah Palin	Republican	Out	Source	July 3, 2009	Palin says she will resign on 7/25/2009.
Sean Parnell	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010	Parnell became governor on 7/25/2009.
Hollis French	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 0210
Ethan Berkowitz	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Bob Poe	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	January 7, 2009	Former Alaska State Commissioner of Administration and Former CEO of Anchorage Economic Development Corporation
Gerald Heikes	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Ralph Samuels	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Bill Walker	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010

Winner:

Incumbent:

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Sarah Palin	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Tony Knowles	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)