For election nerds: New political data site launches Alaska portal, offering deep dives into state elections

A new political data resource specific to Alaska quietly went live on Nov. 26, offering one of the most detailed public tools yet for understanding the state’s legislative politics.

The site, called Alaska Navigate, is part of a fast-growing national project called State Navigate, a nonpartisan nonprofit that specializes in state-level election forecasting, political data, and legislative transparency.

State Navigate launched nationally in late 2024 after rebranding from CNalysis, a longtime political analysis site. The organization’s mission is to give ordinary Americans free access to the kind of election, legislative, and campaign-finance data that is often scattered, behind paywalls, or difficult to compare across states. It describes its work as a “compass for state legislatures,” designed to help voters better understand the people, policies, and political forces that affect their daily lives.

For Alaska, the new portal offers a centralized home for district-level election results, demographic summaries, candidate profiles, campaign-finance information, and curated political news. As the tool expands, it will also include real-time election forecasts, legislator ideology measurements, and broader analysis of the Alaska House and Senate. It is the organization’s seventh state-specific portal, along with releases in New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia, and Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

State Navigate says the group prioritizes which states it builds out first through a data-driven formula that weighs site traffic, legislative activity, and user input through public surveys. Donations also influence which states receive more rapid expansion, something the group addresses through campaigns encouraging supporters to give at the “cost of a cup of coffee” to keep its tools free.

The nonprofit also produces a free newsletter to track progress, reports on new features, and highlight state rollouts such as last week’s Alaska launch. Additional public tools include downloadable data sets, state-selection surveys, and user-satisfaction questionnaires intended to steer the next phase of its development.

State Navigate’s work has expanded rapidly over the past year. After the official rebrand in December 2024, the organization launched its first “Navigate” subsidiary in South Carolina in April 2025. Virginia’s portal went live in May and became the first to include full election forecasts. Utah followed in July with monthly progress reports added shortly afterward. Virginia’s district-level voting data, which breaks down how each legislative district voted in major statewide races, was added on Nov. 20. Alaska’s portal followed less than a week later.

The project is led by executive director Chaz Nuttycombe, a Virginia Tech graduate known in political-forecasting circles for his state-level election modeling. He oversees a growing staff, advisory board, and committee structure that is expected to expand as the organization rolls out additional states. North Carolina and Michigan are next, with launches planned for early December.

For Alaska, the arrival of a dedicated political data hub comes at a moment when interest in state politics is high.

With recurring legislative upheavals, shifting coalitions, and competitive 2026 races on the horizon, the site promises to give both casual readers and political insiders a clearer view of the landscape.

The Alaska Navigate site is live at statenavigate.org/alaska, and all features listed so far are free to the public, with more tools expected in the coming months.