This article by Bridget Bowman is published by NBC News. Here is an excerpt:

This week Alaska became the second state to elect a member of Congress via ranked-choice voting, leaving electoral reform advocates hopeful that more states and municipalities will embrace new voting systems, even amid some GOP opposition.

Republicans lost a House seat Wednesday in Alaska’s special election to replace the late GOP Rep. Don Young, with former Democratic state Rep. Mary Peltola defeating former GOP Gov. Sarah Palin and Republican Nick Begich. 

Peltola led the field in the first round of voting, but fell short of the majority needed to win the race outright. She then defeated Palin and Begich in the instant runoffs. Because Begich came in third place, his supporters’ votes were allocated to the candidates they ranked as their second choices, handing Peltola a victory. But Republicans will have another shot at the House seat in the race for a full term in November.

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